I think people has a misconception here that as long as a bubble is not pricked, we can pretend that the problem does not exist and can afford to let the bubble blow up even bigger.

The problem is that the bigger the bubble grows , the larger the damaging effect when it burst later. Ideally, the gov should try to prevent any bubble but if that is not possible, then the next best will be to prevent the bubble from getting bigger by slowly releasing the hot air inside.