@SockYarn
Common sense and the ability to evaluate risk have gone completely out of the window. The government and the media have created a nation of people who are frightened to set foot outside.
Exactly this. It's very easy to scare people; it's not so easy to unscare them, which is why I once wondered if the Dominic Cummings saga was a deliberate move to try to make us rebel (although I've given up that idea now). Post 9/11, lots of people swore that they would never fly again, and probably many didn't for a while. The people have been fed a diet of horror stories. I'm going about my business as much as I can with my hands washed but unmasked head held high (where it's allowed), and I want the old normal back; but so many people around me are shaking in terror. If only we could get away from this idea that all risk has to be top-down managed by the nanny state! Once upon a time, people looked both ways before crossing the road: now, they sue the council if they get hurt.
I wish also the government would actually say reassuring things like "things will reopen when it's safe", or "we will tell you when social distancing is no longer needed". It's the way they never ever talk about the ends of these restrictions that induces despair; although I haven't forgotten "we can turn this virus around in twelve weeks". So, not long to go then? 
Will I be playing netball in less than a fortnight's time? Will pigs fly?
For some people (including me), this regular diet of horror stories by media over the years which turned out to be nothing have made me totally cynical of anything the government or media says. I refused to believe this was a pandemic at all at first; to me it was "yet another cry wolf, to scare us". Even now, I'm still only just about believing it's something Real; figures can easily be manipulated. Also, I did a key worker job where social distancing was quite impossible (being a carer to an extremely tactile and autistic young child), so like someone else on this thread I was accepting a higher risk than many.
I agree that many activities, such as shopping, simply won't be fun any more, because of this risk-averse ideal that we're told is the "new normal"; and every time I hear that, I want to shout loudly "it's a TEMPORARY normal!!!!!!!".
Also, my normal is regular recreational sport, which is probably going to be one of the last things allowed back, and then many people will probably still be too scared to take part, and schools and other clubs will be reluctant to hire out their premises; I'm feeling this loss very keenly.