>It’s just to flatten the curve
>It’s just to protect the NHS
>It’s just for three weeks
>It’s just a temporary measure as a last resort
>It’s something that we’re all in together
>It’s going to be reviewed at a later date
>It needs to be extended because it’s not taken effect yet
>It’s just for another three weeks
>It’s just to put lives before profits
>It’s just until the R rate is under 1
>It’s just until the peak has passed
>It’s just until there’s mass testing available
>It’s just to ensure that the virus is under control
>It’s just to prevent a second spike
>It’s just to avoid 500,000 deaths from a second wave
>It’s because the second wave was the deadliest in 1918 with the Spanish Flu
>It’s just to prevent the collapse of the NHS in the winter
>It’s FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
>It’s to stop you from KILLING GRANNY
>It’s just a circuit breaker to save lives and stop the second wave
>It’s just because people wouldn’t follow the rules that this is necessary
>It’s just for four weeks to save Christmas
>It’s just going to be reviewed after four weeks
>It’s just to protect OUR HEROIC NHS SUPERSTARS
>It’s just until there’s a vaccine
>It’s lifted for five days as a special concession and saved Christmas
>It’s just for another four weeks in January to suppress the virus
>It’s just until the vaccine is fully in production
>It’s just until the vaccine is administered to everyone
>It’s not really a lockdown, just enhanced tiers of restrictions on a regional basis
>It’s just until the vaccine is shown in practice to be 100% effective
>It’s just in case the virus mutates
>It’s just to prevent a resurgence of the virus
>It’s just to be sure that there actually are zero cases
>It’s just until there’s a second source of the vaccine to ensure a good supply
>It’s just until there is a new vaccine that we know is 100% effective
>It’s just to prevent R NHS from collapsing (again)
>It’ll all be over if you just follow the rules

WE ARE NOW HERE

>It’s just to stop the threat of “Long Covid”
>The Blitz was for four years, quit carping
>It’s just until the virus is totally suppressed and there’s zero cases
>Rationing lasted 14 years, quit carping
>This is the new normal, get used to it
>Life before lockdown wasn’t so great anyway
>There have always been restrictions on your fundamental freedoms
>Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia