I love this kind of thinking.

Earlier in the year it was this was a bad flu, no cause for alarm, no lockdown necessary.

This has switched to the virus being too contagious to contain so you might as well do nothing major to address it and let it run its course.

Truth is countries that took this seriously and acted swiftly controlled it. They’ll be reopening soon (Singapore already has, right?). I’m guessing the US will probably start lifting in May. Trump can huff and puff all he wants but so much of the US economy is tied up in about 10 states so they ultimately call the shots... and they’re keeping the quarantine through the month.