I keep seeing people raging about how selfish people who won't follow the rules are but isn't that why "the plan" can't be to lock everything down for an indefinite period? It needs to be more achievable.
We know the public, as a body, is selfish.
People move house to get the best schools for their DC.
Voters will not vote for increased taxation to improve services.
People won't give up their cars/holidays/consumerism to protect the environment.
People buy too many loo rolls when scared of shortages.
There's an endless list. Some of these will be more important to some individuals than others and of course most people take steps not to be completely selfish, but human nature is selfish.
Even during the Blitz FGS looting was rife and there was a huge black market. I'm sure there were random acts of kindness and people took care of friends and neighbours to whom they had an emotional connection, but as a body "people" behaved terribly to make their own lives a bit more tolerable than others'
So we know humans will behave selfishly. There's no point having a plan that locks us down for months if we know "selfish" people won't comply, whether that's because they want to earn a living or walk the dog.
You might believe a total lockdown now is the best way to protect everyone but if it's not possible, government need to come up with something else. Perhaps delaying so that lockdown can be for a very short time, or maybe they do need to wait until it's so bad people will be so scared they will comply.
Yes, I know, China, but the British and Chinese public are not the same and neither are the methods available to keep them in line.