on both sides, cooperation requires a sizable degree of trust. People have to be able to trust officials to see them as individuals, not just as a transport system for a disease. They also have to trust that officials will not lie to them when told they are ill, even if they don’t feel sick. The government, in turn, has to trust that people will not go out of their way to harm their fellow citizens. All of that trust seems very much a matter of faith, but it’s not impossible to achieve. It just requires everyone not being the absolute worst.
