Reminder that Sweden, with their relatively lax COVD restrictions, are a month past no excess mortality: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden...
The US is the opposite. The results speak for themselves.
I'm saying in a higher trust culture, you'll see better compliance on everything we ought to be doing even without imposing strict rules. That's an advantage, and it means how strict the rules are doesn't necessarily match how people changed their behavior.
That's all.