HN is an international community and not everyone ascribes to the conservative/liberal paradigm of politics that dominates the U.S. I'm probably way more left than you but I also do not think giving up civil liberties to curb the spread of Covid-19 is worth the cost. In France they fined people who were outdoors on "non-essential errands". That's fucking insane. No one should be required to give up their right to take a walk in their own hometown. Forcing people to do that is Soviet-level authoritarianism.

It of course also sets a precedent. If the rulers can whip the masses into thinking a curfew to stop a virus is necessary, they surely can do it for other reasons again and again. Bye, bye right of assembly.