Just to add to the WW2/Covid-19 discussion Britain is having, the blackout during the blitz did not arrive unchallenged. Nor did it arrive without severe consequence. Citizens did have to be policed (ARP wardens), and the number of (primarily kids) injured and killed https://twitter.com/jessecase/status/1252753070683021312

due to being unseen crossing roads in the interminable darkness left much of the public understandably stressed and angry. The government was challenged constantly over the blackout and did have to make concessions: they went to the extent of pushing back the clocks changing,

as well as allowing dimmed lamps/torches, dimmed car headlights, lights in working factories overnight... And still people did complain. It wasn't all the "good old Blitz spirit." Homes were now dark confines, rather than a cosy escape from the working day. It was claustrophobic.

It was uncomfortable. It was unnatural. Much like being confined to our homes now, only now we are without the constant and very real threat and worry of your house being bombed by enemy planes overhead at any moment.

Plus, the blackout lasted for far longer than we hope this lockdown will - a factor entirely dependent on how well we comply with the measures. So yes, complain, and yes, acknowledge that this is uncomfortable, and understand that there already have been incredibly

damaging economic consequences & a death toll nobody wants to see again in their lives. But appreciate the fact that you can enjoy the weather (social distancing compliant), take up hobbies you've missed, spend time with loved ones whether IRL (household only) or via video chat,

that your house, family and worldly belongings aren't under constant bomb threat, and that if we all simply wash our hands and let the key workers do their jobs, we will see the end of this before too long. (A relative term. A matter of a few months is better than a 6 year war.)

But overall: the "blitz spirit" is truth and myth in equal measure. We cannot expect people to warm to unnatural rules, like social distancing, without complaint. We cannot expect people to have no opinion on the economic consequence. We cannot expect people

to find this easy. What we can expect is that people do their best, try to appreciate what they have, take whatever time they need to mourn what they may have lost, and understand that whatever else this may be, the fight is a team effort.