The problem is that lockdown is the much safer option to any leader. They prefer not to be accused of killing people due to not executing a lockdown. Esp given

The problem is that lockdown is the much safer option to any leader. They prefer not to be accused of killing people due to not executing a lockdown. Esp given that covid-19 deaths are reported every day while lockdown related abuse/deaths/etc are not. The latter is much harder to quantify.