I think he did it knowing what the results would be. Most likely to hurt Trump with inflated numbers and to clear space for the more healthy. I mean, who wouldn't understand that that would only increase deaths. He should be hanged with the other governors that did it.
I don't blame either side much at the beginning, as it was an unknown quantity. Neither Trump or the Dems telling people to go out and spend, but what he did was calculated murder.