Who knows? If he is indeed right, then 1) it would be a very clever way to end this shit and 2) it could obviously never be revealed.
He was one of the first scientists to say it likely came from the lab in Wuhan rather than from someone eating some Chinese armadillo, something that was...
No surprise... in March/April 2020 we didnt know how dangerous this is. The numbers from Italy indicated a fatality rate of 10%, no shit people stayed indoors. At this point it will take a lot of hospitalisations and deaths to make people follow strict rules.
No option really. Swe-maestro Tegnell said it quite well: if you move in and out of lockdown, people wont comply. You have one or two free ones but after that you cant call for one before things are disastrous as people wont accept it if there is merely a threat that things could go bad.
The only right thing to do is nothing (except for maybe asking people not to lick eachothers nostrils).
Any harsh measures must be made too late or people wont comply. Yes, people will complain that measures were taken too late but too late is the only option.
That said hopefully there will be...