Some of the guidance doesn’t make sense

[Notarulebreaker]

So currently you can arrange to meet only 1 person and walk / sit or exercise with them outside but it is not possible to arrange to do this with 2 people. But when you walk you can stop and talk to another person for a length of time. which is surely the same? If you know them amd you’ve all been careful and are vaccinated surely this is better than doing this with strangers at work or in the street. It’s similar that you can have your cleaner or builder come to your home but you can’t have your mum - just seems strange if you’re being responsible and careful.

I think the rules do make sense.

If you look at the press coverage of covid....

Some people say it's been alarmist, while others think it's downplayed too much....

The result is that we have SOME people who wrongly believe that covid only affects people who are already near death because of the downplaying.... while others are petrified of leaving the house because of the scaremongering.....

In short, there isn't a level of coverage that would have meant everyone took the disease exactly as serious as it needs to be taken and no more.

It's exactly the same with the rules. If everyone behaved with perfect common sense, there wouldn't even be a need for rules - simply explain to people what the guidelines are trying to achieve and leave it to them.... but as it stands, while there are many who go beyond the rules, you have some people who will push every rule as hard as they can.