14.39 NJ that's just it, it is about the police controlling the streets, stopping large gatherings, in an attempt to control the virus. People have always gone back to other peoples houses after a night out.
If after the pubs have closed and there's no night clubs open, there's less people on the streets, less drunks, and less crime committed. Regarding the the cold weather, young people don't feel the cold, less so when their drunk, until its to late, when police or emergency crews have to scrap them up off the street. Control in pubs go's out the window when to much drink has been consumed, less hours will go some way to reduce consumption. That said , I agree you won't stop this virus, but I believe that all this is being done to hold it down as best we can, to buy us time to discover more drugs to help ease the situation, at very very best a vaccine of some sort.