Catherine Calderwood, Scotland's chief medical officer

Visiting your second home, should you be in such a privileged position to own one, does not constitute essential travel as per government guidelines and plain old common sense and the Coronavirus pandemic is most certainly not an excuse for a holiday or family outing.

People that choose to act in a selfish and indifferent manner during this crisis and unnecessarily visit smaller rural communities, in particular, are potentially putting all that local population, those that live and work there, perhaps generations of the same families, at increased risk..that's a fact, period...or do you think it's ok to do that??

People must act responsibly during these hugely challenging times. I saw some BBC news footage from a specialist Coronavirus ward today and it was truly harrowing..for all there..patients, doctors, nurses and the dying....Now is not the time to act selfishly!

...and back to rural communities again, common sense tells one they have much less in terms of medical facilities and staff, some communities a very basic cottage hospital, if they're lucky and many no hospitals at all, for many miles, so they are much less well-equipped to deal with any medical emergencies, let alone something as potentially deadly and non-discriminating as Covid-19.

These second homes, and more importantly, these rural communities will still be there after the virus has gone. But if mindless idiots insist in acting selfishly, and needlessly visit them, then the people who live and work there might not be. So staying at home, only going out for absolute essentials as infrequently as possible, so as not to put others at risk, is the sensible, responsible and caring thing to do..it's called being a decent human being and surely keeping as many people safe and alive is the top priority.

As far as Calderwood goes, she openly flouted everything she had been telling the Scottish population not to do on a daily basis, in her role as Scotland's chief medical officer. The fact that she was willing to do this twice in a period of ten days, with her full immediate family in tow, shows she thinks these 'rules' clearly did not apply to her, or her family. I won't go over the points I made about her again, they are there to read above, as are the linked news articles. She is a disgrace and deserved to loose her position and all her credibility, at the very least. It's at times like these, especially, that lots of people look for and need help, clarity and good leadership, from those who are willing to lead by example.

Self isolating in the back end of nowhere is the best thing you can do.

And if you get sick? It is okay to put extra stress on the limited medical resources that might be available in the countryside? Rather unfair to the people that cannot go off to their second homes isn't it?

Stay put and let the government decide when you get it owing to the governments demographic engineering...

Paranoid much? I don't think any government wants you to get it. (Now, we may wish that certain members of our particular governments might contract it.) They all have enough problems. To the extent that it is possible, not getting it is in your control. Yes I know that I sound like I am drinking the gov't kool-aid but that is how I see it.

Gotta wonder if such people over here in the US are under the same sort of scrutiny. Maybe they are?

I don't think so. You only have to look at Trump and the bunch of Muppets (sorry, Muppets!) who flank him at a press conferences. I would love someone to point out to him that they are not standing 2 metres away from each other... :)

It's just one of those things Alec, that I couldn't actually believe what I was reading (about Calderwood's behaviour and actions, especially considering her position and ultimate responsibilities).