It's possible that a less interventionist approach by the government would also have the exact opposite effect by reducing public confidence in the response, an

It's possible that a less interventionist approach by the government would also have the exact opposite effect by reducing public confidence in the response, and in the safety of going outside, since nothing is being enforced. As Joseph Stiglitz said the other day "In those circumstances it won’t be the government enforcing the lockdown, it will be fear. The concern is that people are not going to be spending on anything other than food and that’s the definition of a Great Depression."