We should be stuck in this situation precisely until ICU starts to show signs of the vaccine easing the strain. The governments job is to ensure the NHS can function. It's not their job to torpedo anything like a decent lifestyle for all to prevent people catching a virus. If restrictions remain in place when the covid occupancy of hospitals plummet, young folk will correctly f**k them clean off.
Actually it is their job. We chose them as the designated people to make such decisions.
They're not there to run the country how you see fit. They're there to run the country how they see fit.