Its equally easy to see how this was to keep compliance with the orders for as long as possible, then, and in hindsight. Even the most heavily locked places with an overly compliant population couldnt have gotten that result by saying it was going to last for 9 months+

Senators on the intelligence committee dumping shares and buying remote work stocks for … a two week disruption?

I said the same things in March 2020 I just still don't understand how other people process things.