Coronavirus UK Govt info speech

For those who may not be aware , the UK government has a daily chat followed by Q+A , chaired by a cabinet guy [ often the PM] plus normally 2 experts ,if such exists, on the virus .
    Questions seem to be asked as wished ,ie unscripted, and answered truthfully, which is refreshing where a politician is involved . Example ' Could the Minister explain how many people will die ?' If that was normal times , the answer would be a detailed description of the number of new houses being built, or some other relevant items [ to the politician that is, the enquirer is irrelevant]. Now the answer seems to be ' we hope to limit the deaths to 20,000, but that depends on the population behaving themselves' . The 20K number has been mentioned a few times so one can conclude [ and they've said it too] that this would constitute a GOOD RESULT .

Today the chat went :
1. The military is now involved and will be coordinating various things .
2. People are mostly doing as asked [ yes the UK is polite ! , sort of ], but some people regard themselves as invincible [ youth], and these people will be fined with the fine being ramped each time. And then ?
3. They stated that 6 months is going to be the minimum time, most likely longer, but that depended on what the population does ....

Kinda looks like the kid gloves are still on , but there are knuckledusters showing in a few   places now,...

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