Deal with problems early do they don’t become bigger problems. If you sew up a small tear in your clothes straight away, the tear won’t grow into a bigger tear that requires more sewing later.
The people: Why lockdown now?
Boris: Because, when it comes to COVID, a stitch in time saves nine.
a common homebrewed rule in a number of roleplaying games by which a player may declare an answer to a question if it is acknowledged that the gm is taking too long to give an answer.