The problem with such attempts at a 'rational' explanation of why one or the other approach works better is that we are talking about an irrational issue. It's

The problem with such attempts at a 'rational' explanation of why one or the other approach works better is that we are talking about an irrational issue. It's easy for 30-something people with no preconditions to think they can rationalize themselves out of a lockdown... but the moment their parents and grandparents start dying, all of a sudden all rationality goes out of the window.