Consent and cooperation haven't worked, no one has the cojones to accept the deaths of large
numbers. of our weak and elderly that living with it unrestricted would involve as it would require a decision of , no heroic healthcare for those unlikely to survive, multiple existing health problems etc so the nhs could continue to treat things other than Covid. This would have been my preferred option as it also has a beneficial effect on the health and social care demands in the longer term. We have a time bomb in terms of an ageing population not just here either Covid may be natures way of saying the normal progression of life to death is being corrupted by humankind demands for delaying death at any cost. We are meant to be born, breed, die like any other animal. Not be born, breed, live in for almost double our reproductive years for much of that time restricted by age or infinity a burden on a society, or the previous generation.