We give the people the information and let them make up their own minds.
People can choose to leave quarantine or not.
We don't use government force.
Just like cigarettes.
We give them the information and let them think for themselves.
Giving people the freedom to think for themselves is a beautiful thing.
It's the basis of John Lockes natural rights which the founding fathers used as as a principle when writing the constitution.
Most people don't spend money on things/do stuff when they are afraid of dying while doing so. Hundreds of thousands of deaths due to uncontrolled population spread, randomly (nearly) amongst the population is going to cause the economy to crater - and even the possibility of it already did before any lockdowns happened.
The lockdowns just stopped the 25% (guess) of the population that is going to YOLO anyway from causing even more damage. The businesses were still going to get a huge hit regardless.
The s and p 500 is actually breaking records now WITH Covid.
Pretty much everything you just said seems to be inaccurate and no citations are provided.
The corporations are doing great.
The small businesses and individuals are being crushed.
[Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...]