By Gabriel Princewill-
The British police must be tougher with law breakers of the lockdown instituted to ease the casualty of the coronavirus.
Evidence from the British government’s scientific adviser that a single individual is capable of inadvertently spreading the coronavirus to millions, eventually infecting people who can die from the disease highlights the seriousness of the threat facing the Uk.
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If indeed the the conclusion is that those breaking lockdown rules are indeed endangering the lives of many vulnerable people, then I’m afraid the matter is still being treated with kids gloves. The present directive by the chief of police to first encourage breakers of the rule caught converging to hold parties or barbecues, questions the level of the collective will to beat this virus and how candid the necessity of social distancing to stem the spread of the virus is perceived to be.
The wider observed instruction for the British pubic to adhere to social distancing rules must be seen to be either mandatory or optional. There can be no middle ground. Mandatory legal rules have immediate consequences for breaching them, not the soft persuasive approach being adopted as a way of sympathising with people for the inconvenience the lockdown poses on individuals.
Nobody considers the current state of affairs to be idyllic. The scale of the damage to human life and the economy is disconcerting. Yet, the need for the country as a whole to continue to demonstrate the necessary resilient can not be overstated. Police forces across the country have gone out of their way to urge the public to comply with the lockdown rules, and a vast majority have been doing so.
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However, the flagrant way in which a number of people have mindlessly undermined the rules without care or worry is an affront to the rest of society. Understandably, there are several people who simply lack the discipline to stay at home, particularly those who struggle to find anything valuable to do with their time.
Catching them, sneakily relaxing in the company of more than two people may have been deemed pardonable at the initial discovery of their breach. However, those arrogant enough to throw barbecues and parties despite a law prohibiting such gatherings, ought to be instantly fined or arrested if the police or the government are indeed serious of fully and comprehensively implementing this lockdown.
Remedy
It is the only remedy for addressing the sort of foolhardy behaviour that thoughtlessly contravenes a law instituted to keep us safe. Continuous news of incidences revealing individuals throwing parties makes mockery of lockdown and should not be tolerated. Polices forces in the country have issued countless pleas to the public to abide by the rules, but there will always be that group of people prepared to flout it.
The rationale of such unscrupulous individuals is that they are only enjoying themselves and not actually committing a crime. This flawed reasoning actually resonates with a lot of like minded people, but not those making the necessary sacrifices for the sake of those poor souls who could be dead in a flash.
If we continue to operate lightly in the handling of this disease. It will question whether the disease is as serious as it is purported to be, or whether the lockdown is a law that should be taken seriously.
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