That scenario would only come true if every leader did the correct thing. In the more likely scenario where some did and some didn't, the ones who did would s

That scenario would only come true if every leader did the correct thing. In the more likely scenario where some did and some didn't, the ones who did would say "It might seem at first sight that we overreacted, but look at country X. They didn't act and all their citizens are dying and the economy crumbling."