Agreed, it's quite a contradiction.. However just less than half of the country voted to remain in the EU so there are plenty of clueless people who prefer to be told what to do by unelected communists hellbent on controlling their every move without realising they're being controlled..
Now they're told that everything being down is 'for their safety' so they automatically consent to 'being kept safe' from a political flu..
Go figure, I'm surrounded by idiots here!