The Japanese, ever recorders of statistics, a high IQ ethnostate on the fringes of the Great Reset, but which is perhaps too deferential to authority, keeps giving us quality data.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16428-4.pdf
Short version: “From the perspective of public policy implications, our study suggests that the early closure of full-service restaurants and bars, without any other concurrent policies, is not an efficient way to suppress SARS-CoV-2. Given the large detrimental effects on employment, alternative measures for full-service restaurants and bars should be considered before they are closed completely,” summarized the paper.
Despite the data showing a reduction in the use rate of restaurants and bars among Japanese people, researchers found “no discernible decrease in the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 except the reduction of “cough” among college graduates.”
They shut down places where people congregate....talk. Lock people in their houses and fill them with propaganda, which they have nobody to discuss it with. They have no control over what you talk about in person, but can easily dictate a narrative online.