It's not only economic cost. To get results like in china you have to be (like) china. It's easy to sell drastic measures to the population if the infection (an

It's not only economic cost. To get results like in china you have to be (like) china. It's easy to sell drastic measures to the population if the infection (and death) numbers look scary. But if the numbers stagnate at low values nobody is going to accept drastic measures. You would need to fight against your own population to stop the virus altogether. And even if you achive this, the virus will return (tourist/travelers).