You do that and the next bad cold going around will require mandatory mask wearing. The government only goes forward with bad ideas. Before you know you’ll be adding goggles and earplugs to your new look. Don’t go down the socialist rabbit hole.
Look at Vietnam. A poor country with a 100 million population. They bit the bullet, went into nationwide lockdown for 3 weeks, and now they have taught the world how to manage a pandemic. The entire country's economy is back to normal and functioning.
As far as China, Chinese doctors and scientist have lost their lives and livelihoods trying to warn us about the outbreak. It IS the Chinese government’s fault!
What we need is a good-honest commission to review the entire event but, unfortunately, it seems there’s no political will.