Virus Increases - do Brits and Americans have less self-discipline than other nationalities?

I don't think we do. The problems are in UK we seem to have pockets of society who don't think rules apply to them. They simply don't care about others and the risk they are putting others at. Where i live the majority of people are still following the rules . Of course the media don't report that .  If we do get hit by a second wave of this terrible virus it won't be the government fault but all these idiots ignore the rules 

What are Brits??

The problem is that nobody had told us how long it this is gonna last.  

 Even someone doing bird has a release date to aim for. 

One reason the Governments delayed introducing lockdown was because they knew it could not be sustained. Why people feel entitled to abdicate all responsibility for their own behaviour is a mystery, but that is the reality that politicians have to deal with. Provided the hospitalisation rate is managed we are on the way to the so-called herd immunity, so we should be grateful for what might be called cannon fodder in less enlightened times.

Well said!

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Theirs is a special blend of hypocritical free market capitalism, hidden behind a fig leaf of democracy and supposed freedom to do what you like. Yes, its decadence when the liberties are allowed to move one step too far and start to undermine social cohesion.  Religion used to provided a firm foundation for acceptable standards of behaviour, but that too has become corrupt along with those in political power. Revolution and a reactionary reign of terror are now inevitable. This is why corruption in public office should NEVER be tolerated.

Discipline began to break down in England when Boris Johnson condoned the behaviour of his chief advisor Dominic Cummings who made a long car journey to see his parents, and a shorter journey to a visitor attraction, but claimed he had been in London quite ill with COVID-19 until he was rumbled by a newspaper. The situation is different in Scotland where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been considerably more skillful in explaining the reasons for and importance of the measures adopted by the Scottish Government to keep the people onside.

I would like the country to go in another lockdown for a month 

You are obviously experienced and wise to the ups and downs of life , the capitalists have created  populations of fools they can deprive of their money easily , that is not you or i but to millions as you say its all they know we are alive today what the heck debt the future is for the birds to worry about