Exactly.
Besides, it's a lose/lose proposition for the gov anyway.
If they do act, people will blame them for the cost of the action.
If they don't, people will blame then for the cost of not acting.
Nobody will pat them on the back, except a few intellectuals, for acting.
In fact, economically, the virus spreading is an opportunity to fire people you couldn't fire before, get rid of an old population costing money and have an excuse for a lot of things like passing certain types of law. People will not focus on that, their attention is elsewhere, and you can always invoke the circumstances if they do.
We have created a system in which it's not in the interest of the gov to solve the problem. And in which the population lives in a way that makes it hard to do the right thing by themselves.
Besides, it's a lose/lose proposition for the gov anyway.
If they do act, people will blame them for the cost of the action.
If they don't, people will blame then for the cost of not acting.
Nobody will pat them on the back, except a few intellectuals, for acting.
In fact, economically, the virus spreading is an opportunity to fire people you couldn't fire before, get rid of an old population costing money and have an excuse for a lot of things like passing certain types of law. People will not focus on that, their attention is elsewhere, and you can always invoke the circumstances if they do.
We have created a system in which it's not in the interest of the gov to solve the problem. And in which the population lives in a way that makes it hard to do the right thing by themselves.