For people, it's pretty clear they are truly scared. For leaders, it seems they are impressed by China's so-called lockdown success and eager to copy it. But we're not really very sure if China's lockdown really worked or it is just that virus run its own natural course. Granted China's lockdown works, China has a very different system than western's. China style lockdown and western style lockdown are very different except one thing in common: people don't go to work/school. China's lockdown really freeze people in place, no any mobility outside their home/neighborhood. Their daily life supplies depend on military support and other relief resources. We have quite few Americans trapped in Wuhan in those days and they post live videos on social media talking about this to people here. It seems our leaders ignored the system's differences when they issued lockdown.