angiebabes, It is not a matter of if I can afford it, which I can, the workers in the UK are on furlong & will get 80% of their income from the government.
The way airlines have behaved is disgusting with no airports or airspace closed there was no reason to stop flights so early the UK government never told them to just try & get home asap which we did only to get our flights cancelled, after all as you say & I agree with you that the UK did not & should have locked down like other countries.
We do feel safe here & the property we have rented is fantastic, but where we live in the UK & the loss of our son, we have nobody local to look after our home, this is our 4th month here & we need to get home also airlines were saying you can book a flight in May & then cancelling them or trebling the cost, sounds like a rip off to me.
If people think this is going to be over in a few weeks or so, don't forget it has taken China a police state with total lockdown over 3 months to get to grips with Coronavirus & don't you think people there are still being infected.