First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has decided caution is the best option as she attempts to chart a path out of lockdown.
Not many would like to be in her shoes when you consider the consequences for health and the economy if she gets the balance wrong.
But around the corner is another health emergency if she is too slow in allowing elective operations to restart.
Orthopaedic surgeon Jon Dearing goes as far as to say that with the right measures in place, we could have continued with these vital operations throughout the crisis.
Other countries such as South Korea and Singapore have managed to achieve this successfully.
The fall-out from moving too slowly on this will be dire and could lead to intolerable waiting lists of over three years.
Already thousands of people will spend months, probably years, in agony while awaiting replacement knees and hips.
While cancer treatment has continued it has been limited, meaning inevitably lives will be lost through late diagnosis.
Mr Dearing warns the government against being paralysed by fear.
As a surgeon he knows only too well that there are consequences to doing the wrong thing - but there are also deadly consequences to acting too slowly.
Failing Victims
It is almost 20 years since the disgraceful case of teenage rape victim Lindsay Armstrong sent shockwaves through the Scottish criminal justice system.
The 17-year-old took her own life after being forced to repeatedly hold up her underwear in court during a trial at which her attacker was found guilty.
You would hope things had changed since then but the experience of 24-year-old Shannon suggests otherwise.
Scotland’s most senior judge Lord Carloway issued a withering criticism of the way her rape trial was handled.
She was falsely accused of being a cocaine dealer as well as questioned over the length of the clothing she was wearing.
Carloway said she was forced to endure repetitive, irrelevant questioning while describing the case as a “serious failure in the administration of justice”.
This wasn’t an isolated error from one individual, it was a systemic failure brought about by everyone working on the case.
It should now be clear that much better guidance needs to be given to sheriffs, defence solicitor and procurators fiscal (CORR).
Defence agents in particular need to know that it is unacceptable to badger victims about their clothing or ask persistent questions on aspects of the case of which there is absolutely no evidence.
This sort of treatment of women and girls who have been through the most horrifying experience of their lives was repugnant 20 years ago and beggars belief today.
People need to know that when they come forward they will be treated with dignity and respect.
Our criminal justice system’s continued inability to get this right fails victims and makes Scotland a more dangerous place for all women.
Somebody to love
Karen Gillan has encouraged young women to embrace their bodies and not get stressed out by the way they look.
More important to find what you really want in life and focus on that.
Make yourself happy on the inside and it will show on the outside.
