The tier 4 restrictions came into force to try to prevent the spread of the new strain of the Coronovirus spreading to the rest of the country from London and the South East where it is currently rampant. Predictably the selfish behaviour of many people came to the fore and they promptly jumped into cars and onto trains to "escape" the restrictions and to get out of London and to other parts of the country where the levels of restrictions are somewhat lower.

It really is extraordinary how so many people are willing to put the lives of so many other people at risk for their own selfish ends, even to risk killing their relatives for the sake of Christmas. Why can't people in general, just for once, look to do the right thing and try to prevent the spread of this disease to others, they really don't give a candle for others.

The main line railway stations in London, Paddington, King's Cross etc. were absolutely rammed with people, no social distancing possible at all and all this, spreading the virus to others, when it is such a simple matter for most people to delay Christmas until such time as things have improved, they just don't get it at all.

The inevitable consequence of all this is going to be a huge surge in virus cases in the New Year and of course then there will be the inevitable calls of it all being the fault of The Government which it is not. Perhaps people will change their behaviour when they realise there are no hospital beds if they do fall ill, I still doubt it.

There have of course been mistakes made and areas where things could have been done better, that is always the case when people are dealing with something completely new. It is, however, an inescapable fact that human behaviour is what spreads this virus and human behaviour which would stop it spreading. If people would just follow the simple rules of washing their hands, wearing a mask and not getting close to each other this virus would be under control within weeks.

Sadly, a substantial proportion of the population seems to be unable to follow these rules for more than a few minutes and the result of this is that things will simply continue to go from bad to worse. Public behaviour is the cause of the problem, and also the solution.