Rights that we have had the extreme good fortune to always enjoy in this country, right back to the last World War, that we took for granted in the same way that a fish takes water for granted, have been temporarily curtailed or suspended.
No Government wants to do this. It's not going to win them any friends, or elections, they will only do this extremely reluctantly, in the face of insurmountable evidence that it is necessary. A Government as focused as the Tory's traditionally are, on the economy, is going to do as little as possible for as short a time as possible, given the disastrous effect on the bottom line.
Yes, it's hellish bad, for some more than others, on our mental and physical health. To some extent, I think we can perhaps help ourselves by focusing on what we can control (planning your day, your meals), and on the positives (at least we have a house to quarantine in, a family or we're not quarantined with anyone else, food in the fridge, whatever you can see to be thankful for, rather than whinging about what we currently haven't got.
These measures are necessary to save our lives, our loved ones' lives, and to ensure we aren't the unwitting means by which we cause the death of another.
We don't have to like it. We just have to accept it.