ShirleyPhallus, it hasn't been said that people should only shop once a week. For those without freezer space, the lack of goods in shops, or just not being able to carry a weeks worth of shopping, they have to shop more than that.
sudocremanglaise, the socially distance catch up that you are describing has, been said that it is allowed.
There's questions and answers sections on every daily BBC Corona virus special and all these issues are covered. It's over zealous people who are getting it wrong.
We acted too late, that's why we had the deaths, that we have had. A week before lock down BJ was refusing to get tested and saying that he would still shake hands. It was all a big joke.
The bus/train/tube situation doesn't make sense. We will be further crowed onto a scalled back service. All week I've been the only one sitting upstairs while downstairs has been half full. Now upstairs and downstairs will be over half full, because people still need to go to work. Last week there were single decker buses put on until local MPs got involved. People weren't being protected at work. So stop accusing 'idiots' of spreading it and appreciate that a lot of spreading is done because people don't have a choice.
BJ still refuses to close our borders. The virologists would like a shut down of travel for six months, but one fears that it won't happen. It will be up to individual countries to decide. Those with poor histories of human rights and with corrupt governments are going to offer cut price holidays and come September we will be back to where we are. The virologists are making it clear that we probably won't get life long immunity from getting it.
The government are going to consider that they've done well if less than 20'000 people die, because they know they left it too late and they can't control what is happening globally.