It seems like they are erring on the side of caution to the max because it only takes one catastrophic responder for a massive medical/political/pr shit storm, given that history. There are always grifters and crisis actors waiting for their next venture

Doesn’t help that a lot of these things are damned if you do, not damned if you don’t. The incentive is just not there to take that kind of risk. There will always be unintended consequences when these solutions are imposed or offered from outside