Look before people keep shouting for lockdown you need to spare a thought for the people it's impacting
I am. I don't want them to become infected, become ill, or pass the virus on to their older/vulnerable loved ones who may die from it.
The government should be stepping in and doing more for those who are likely to lose their livelihoods, be they staff or business owners. All this hogwash about supporting local businesses - that's not for you to do. The billions of pounds the government have at their disposal should be doing it. Better still, they should enforce closures so venues can claim on their insurance.
Exactly this. I'm in hospitality and we're open, so while there's a job to go to, I have to go. To 'voluntarily quit' my job will ensure I get no help whatsoever. The fact that we're unlikely to get paid is irrelevant too. The business is going to go bust because we can't close while we have functions booked in that people flatly refuse to move, but the downturn in trade means the cash has dried up. I don't want to be at work, it's not essential, but I've been forced into a corner because rather than close all public spaces, there's just advice about avoiding them so a downturn in trade but no recourse to claim from insurances etc.
Even if they don't give any help to people like me during this time, but shut everything down we at least know where we are and can get jobs in supermarkets, care etc. But they're only going to be short term, once this is coming to a close those people will be laid off again.
Hospitality workers really are considered the lowest of the low by and large, and never has it been more apparent.