I think Captain Tom is a fantastic person as all the others mentioned. However, I am uneasy with the timing of the Knighthood as it feels some good news to bury bad news like care homes, PPE, testing, etc.
Personally I dislike the honours system and universities handing out honoury degrees. I think three people I have worked with over 40 years and myself are more worthy of honoury doctorates than most awarded from my old university! But we would not get them the column inches!
I am also a bit tired of the clapping. Yesterday evening quite a few people emerged around 7:00pm and I imagined there would be a massive clap. There wasn't but social distancing rules were broken again. Why clap for the NHS and immediately disregard the rules that help protect it. What gets me is a friend developed a serious issue just after lockdown started. He has been bounced around between hospitals and sees a third next week. Over two weeks down the line they can't even tell him the result of an MRI!