@MeadowHay
The isolation is to reduce the peak of infections. No one has immunity to this. No one has been vaccinated so if 20% of everyone infected needs a hospital bed, that’s a lot of people and they are trying to stem the health service being utterly overwhelmed
Seasonal flu has been vaccinated against so the most vulnerable are less at risk, they are the ones who need beds. The nhs know what to expect and plan for it. We don’t know what to expect with cv
Next year may be a vaccine roll out for cv to stem a new wave. Some will have immunity. They will know which antivirals reduce critical cases to less critical
Next year should be less of a health crisis
Every year thereafter will be more managed
It’s the initial infection peak they need to control
To control the health crisis when it’s this new and unknown, the isolations, possible shut downs and quarantine will reduce the number of hospital admissions
To do that they need us indoors and fed
They can’t feed us all. The poor and vulnerable can’t feed themselves
We are doing this to protect ourselves and then hopefully reduce pressure on feeding those who haven’t prepared
Hope that helps