These types of measure are expected to slow down the propagation of the virus, which should at least help hospitals to manage the flow of patients, and overall

These types of measure are expected to slow down the propagation of the virus, which should at least help hospitals to manage the flow of patients, and overall save some time. The virus could decline naturally in the summer, or a treatment could be found. But all these containment measures will also slow down the economy, which will have a cost too. What I find interesting is that it seems a lot of people ask for greater containment (closing schools and borders, canceling events and conference), while at the same time, measures such as reducing speed limit, taxing junk food are hugely unpopular. I think it's similar in the sense that this would reduce mortality in exchange of loss of freedom and economic activity.