From an o/s perspective in Australia.
Fire Dominic Cummings - he seems to be the root cause of everyone going ' fuck it'.
Stop all international travel . Most of Australia is dumbfounded that people in the UK are still jaunting off to parts of the EU. Stop incoming travel unless it is returning British citizens. Shut your international borders.
Close gyms in areas with high case numbers.
Close beauty therapy/ hairdressers in areas with high case numbers.
Limit travel within the UK. Lose this mad idea that you have a god given right to a holiday regardless of a pandemic.
Compulsory testing at all airports for returning British citizens and everyone else. Refusal equals quarantine.
Mandatory quarantine for all returning travellers for two weeks. Take a leaf out of Singapore's book and ankle tag people if it's likely they will not comply. Put them in hotels if they cannot be trusted to quarantine at home otherwise. ( don't use dodgy security guards like we did 🙄)
Compulsory quarantine for entire households while waiting for test results for even a single member or if a member of the household has Covid.
Large fines for parents who send kids to school if there is Covid in the home, or if they are waiting for results.
Support single people with the creations of small bubbles.
Disallow inter household mixing in areas with high case numbers.
Better test and trace systems with faster results.
Shut the pubs in areas with rising case numbers, or fine the bejesus out of them if they do not comply with social distancing.
We have requirements at schools in NSW that if any child or teacher displays even cold symptoms they cannot return without a negative Covid test. They are immediately sent home if parents deliver them to school with even a snotty nose. Get stricter.
Mandatory testing of all college students regularly.No parties allowed. Social distancing compulsory. Actually doubtful they should even be reopened at all given the rise in the UK numbers.
A UBI or Covid payment to support those who need to be locked down, or have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic.
Accept that every country in the world with be in debt. Remember the UK only just finished paying its WW2 debts off.
Hard lockdowns for areas above R1. No travel for individuals from these areas or to these areas.
If schools cannot adequately social distance shut them, or move to blended learning.
Compulsory mask wearing for areas with high case numbers. Fine people who refuse without a legitimate valid reason.
Better public messaging. Telling everyone it was only the old and vulnerable at risk at the beginning was a mistake. Long term effects for the young with even mild cases are becoming increasingly prevalent. Explain Long Covid, the neurological issues, heart issues and long term lung and nerve damage.
Accept that a global public health crisis outweighs the economy. If you put yourself in the position of open up, lockdown, open up , lockdown it will be far more devasting in the long run than a six week hard lockdown again. Most economies are fucked already, including ours in Australia.
Get coherent in the messaging - it's no wonder it's a mess when the PM can't figure out what the fuck he's saying.
Close parks and playgrounds in higher case number areas.
Increase funding for and supply more Telehealth style mental health services.
Realise that only a tiny percent of your population has been exposed to Covid. Your initial lockdown contributed to this success. Letting it rip will change this and not for the better.
Close cafes etc that have inadequate ventilation and cannot seat people outside. And loose that Dine out, government pays for half your meal idea.
More funding for individuals in DV situations and more help to get them out.
Compulsory mask wearing for all service providers be it at shops, supermarkets or anywhere.
Bring back manufacturing on shore. Globalisation supply chains have shown their weaknesses in this pandemic.
Educate the public that herd immunity without a vaccine is a fallacy
Get past the idea that Sweden is a paragon. They are now instigating lockdowns in high case number areas.
Accept that for now the world has changed. Normal was never that crash hot with to begin with.The pandemic has highlighted systemic inequalities.
And be prepared for the entire country to go back into a full lockdown, if half of the people I read on here with their crack on bullshit keep behaving according. It is not possible to do this and not spread the virus everywhere. Shielding the old and the vulnerable until there is a vaccine is both impossible, ableist and selfish.