A second-wave national lockdown could lead to more bursts of anger and violence

It's the worst possible news. The UK government is considering, nay planning, another national lockdown to try and make inroads into the second coronavirus wave already upon us. If I was a restaurant/pub/cafe/business/gym/swimming pool/etc owner I would now be despairing. After all the agony of trying to keep afloat financially in the last six months and beginning to see that sweet light at the end of the long dark pandemic tunnel, back it all comes again. The scientific experts warn the second wave will be even worse. More people will die, care homes will once again be breeding grounds and NHS intensive care units will be overwhelmed. It is tragic and cruel and totally depressing. While I suppose it is right to prepare for the worst and to tell us all that a second lockdown is on the cards, can we not just be trusted to be sensible, like the government did in Sweden, and carry on as normally as possible without having to be locked away in our homes? I fear not. Just look at the example that has come out today of a brutal assault on a 63-year-old man on a bus in London. The victim was followed onto the bus by a large well-muscled man wearing a mask UNDER his chin. In other words, no mask. So when he sat down next to the 63-year-old, the latter got up and moved to the back of the bus for health safety reasons. The man then followed him and delivered a vicious beating and kicking to the head. The victim woke up in hospital. This is what happenes in this Covid-19 world. Dare to make a protest about someone not wearing a mask or not wearing a mask properly on public transport and you risk a beating. I'm assuming the bus driver must have opened the doors, allowing this brutal attacker to escape, because the police are hunting for him. If we have a second lockdown, people are seriously not going to dare to go outdoors if this sort of incident becomes common. There is evidence of a growing anger and opposition to government Covid-19 rules, however sensible they are, and a second lockdown could be a disaster in every possible way. Let's hope it can be avoided.