I think a fallacy of half measures are in play here. In that the shorter term needed for extreme measures will cost less in the long run. Consider this fall Chi

I think a fallacy of half measures are in play here. In that the shorter term needed for extreme measures will cost less in the long run. Consider this fall China, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand will have been virus free for six months while the US and Sweden continues to fester. The economic damage isn't proportional to the extremity of the measures, but of that multiplied by length of time they are imposed.