I find it hard to lay too much blame at the door of the government. It doesn’t matter what they do, nobody can legislate for some of the ignorance of the general population. I was in the supermarket the other day and I swear I was the only person who was following the arrows, everyone else (including the staff) were just walking around as normal, no masks, gloves etc. You do start to think ‘Am I the one in the wrong here’ when everyone else is doing something different to you.
I did manage to get back into the office for the first time in 13 weeks earlier this week, which was a really good experience. My employers have been superb - really gone to town on protective measures in the office, sanitising stations everywhere, strict rules for people in the building - and they continue to remind people that they do not need to be in the building at all, they are happy for all people to work from home.