.. lets just see how this plays out
Very tough, yes. I do get the feeling that politicians shouldn't really be the ones in charge of the response to the pandemic. We have the R0 safely below 1 at present across the UK. Now they might think that a small increase from say 0.8 to 1.2 isn't a big deal... but this would be a misunderstanding of how exponential progression works. Keeping it below 1 is absolutely crucial.
A quick calculation below, based on an initial 1,000 cases, shows that after 15 rounds of new infection, an R0 of 0.8 results in 35 new infections, whereas an R0 of 1.2 results in over 15,000...
The medical certainly shouldn't be in charge. Why not? Because all the stats that show covid-19, including magnification of the virus in microscopes, don't conclusively show that it is Covid-19. Why not? Because so many other viruses look the same or similar, that they are probably fighting the common cold, SARS, MERS, and a host of other things, but simply saying that it is Covid-19.
This is shown over and over in many different ways by doctors all over. It's turning out the the doctors that are saying it is Covid-19 are in the tiny minority.