There is a very simple trade off.
If you want low covid infection rates, a large part of the price to be paid is a relatively high level of personal intrusiveness and strict enforcement.
The UK public apparently don't want central government "spying" on them through face recognition, credit card data, track and trace data, ANPR data etc etc.
Neither do they want to pay for sufficient numbers of police to enforce the law properly, preferring they use their crime detection capabilities in touchy feely social worker mode much of the time.
The UK has the covid outcomes that could have been expected. Want a different outcome - play the game in the way that other countries do!
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