You can only solve this dilemma with a conspiracy theorist mindset.

The people that like to gain control over others (politi-roaches) are narcissists and sociopaths.
The people that put all their effort into moving into positions of power are narcissists and sociopaths.

So, on the Wuhan-flu lockdown, do they care that you are hurting? That you need to work? That you are so lonely that you would kill yourself? NO.

They want you cowering in fear. They want you jumping through hoops. They want you begging for mercy, because that means they have control over you.

In the end, it has nothing to do with the Wuhan-flu.
Except for some nasty sociopaths that sent sick people to old people's homes, this has been quite a normal flu season.

These people do not care one iota for your reasons or reasoning.
Why do you think the board of people working on the Wuhan-flu is mostly psychologists?
It's all a mind game.