I think the point is is that it’s impossible to legislate for every scenario, and as has been proved over recent months, a large proportion of the uk citizens think the rules don’t apply to them, or that even if they do apply, “f**k Boris” I’ll do what I like. I’ve seen it in my own community, a family who include a hospital nurse who carried on life as normal - friends and family round even in the early days of lockdown when nobody was allowed to visit. Parties in the garden with no social distancing.
They just flagrantly flouted the rules while at the same time standing at the front door every Thursday clapping the NHS - hypocrites in the extreme. Of course they all got COVID and survived, as they’re fairly young. We’ve all seen on tv the people NOT following the rules in pubs and the like over the past few weeks. The parties, raves and the like being held.
It’s an impossible situation to manage, balancing health and well-being of a nation against the cost of people not working, businesses being closed, and life not continuing as normal. Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. If everyone did what was being asked of them then then we could contain and control the virus to a greater extent.
DM - you might consider that it is permitted for you to be in close contact with your colleague in your job because it is necessary and is a calculated risk, the risk being balanced with the alternative which is that you can’t work, may be furloughed or made redundant, and the business closing. It is not however necessary for you and the same colleague to be in the pub. Desirable for you and he maybe, but not necessary.
The sooner we all do as we are asked, the sooner normality may resume.
