Why does the Chinese government want to hinder their economic output by forcing their population to need to stay indoors?
Are they genuinely afraid of COVID still or is there a different reason? What's the "truth" if you will?
I think this mentality can be difficult for Westerners of all ages to comprehend. Or it is easier for Westerners to just superimpose their own similar, albeit different ideas/problems around conspiracy and mistrust.
As for your grandparents, I don't think anything should be trusted blindly. It is very personal thing. For an Asian to take something 1/10000 of death/or other rate, it is not worth it. That's why many Asian still wear masks.
The best way to understand developing world is to compress 4 generations or even more into two generations, like comparing the thoughts of your great great granddad to yourself, that's how fast developing world has developed, and the gap between generations can be so big.
I don't know if they can really just let it rip through a 1 billion people without it being a major health crisis when so many do not have previous exposure.
The optics on the government of a COVID health crisis while everyone else has moved on is not going to be an option for them. This is scary where this goes from here.