To be fair to both camps (and any other camp), it's likely that any action would face opposition - there's no right way to do things, the subject matter is complex, and even after the dust settles, I expect nobody will be able to agree on what actually happened.
Quarantine has eventually worked in China but also Taiwan...UK is doing this to protect capital and not its people....research shows there are less people infected during viral epidemics, eg flu, when children are off school. This is another example of British exceptionalism.
Academics in you're-wrong-i'm-right shocker.
To be fair to both camps (and any other camp), it's likely that any action would face opposition - there's no right way to do things, the subject matter is complex, and even after the dust settles, I expect nobody will be able to agree on what actually happened.