I would prefer to keep my pilots health to be fair, not like they would fall to bottom, they were doing this exact thing at the start of the season and they were still in points, which means that they may or may not be 5th and 6th or whatever, or get a podium, but they will get points and keep on going strong, not like they can win the season anymore anyway, it is obvious they lost, so it is better to find a way while keeping safety.
The problem is that Mercedes fought to slow down all the cars of competitors (this is a completely logical desire - if everything goes wrong, then something needs to be changed, suddenly it will be possible to gain an advantage after the changes), but now their car will be slowed down. I think they did not care about the health of the pilots, the game was different and now they completely lost it.