People are going on about people going out with symptoms and people being asymptomatic so they are spreading the virus.
If it's still in circulation it still spreads regardless. We can keep things closed for the next year but if the virus is still around even if it's 10 cases all it takes is for someone who has it but doesn't realise to go out and it spreads.
So what is the issue with opening things up now as opposed to a year's time because the results are still going to be same.
The only way we can stop this is to shut down the country and keep everyone in their houses for a month. No hospitals, public transport, food factories, supermarkets, electricity, internet...
We would need police on every single street unless they nailed us into our houses but even then someone could just break the glass.
The fact is, it's out there, we can't yet get rid of it so we need to try and live with it in circulation. We have taken precautions like social distancing to minimise the damage. We put 30mph speed limits in place in residential areas to minimise the damage if there is an accident. We don't say nobody can drive a car because there is a risk you might hurt someone. I drive in a sensible manner because I don't want to hurt someone or myself, just like I'm taking the necessary precautions not to spread the virus. I'm not staying in permanently just incase because that would be insane.