> Do no harm, so don't lock up murders because that would harm them? We lock up murderers because they deliberately made a choice intending to kill someone els

> Do no harm, so don't lock up murders because that would harm them? We lock up murderers because they deliberately made a choice intending to kill someone else. > Second, the more it spreads the more it has a chance to mutate. The virus spread even during lockdowns (slower, but spread nonetheless). Given enough time, mutations will occur, lockdown or otherwise.