> My guess is, instead of a conspiracy, it's a case of a massive sunk cost fallacy, whereby politicians and high profile celebrity epidemiologists etc. can't ad

> My guess is, instead of a conspiracy, it's a case of a massive sunk cost fallacy, whereby politicians and high profile celebrity epidemiologists etc. can't admit that they were wrong in their original estimations. Absolutely. Remember though the original push was to isolate to the bend the curve so that hospitals could cope. Now hospitals have spare capacity but we're still isolating. The story changed.