No. He didn’t. The dictatorial government wielded the force that locked people down.
Exactamundo. Did the pizza shop employee tell a single person to stay at home? Did he have the authority to do so?
Then there's this:
As a result, the state’s stay-at-home order is due to be lifted at midnight Saturday.
If they figured out the mystery by Friday and figured out it was a false alarm, why wait until Saturday night to lift the lockdown?. Was that the pizza shop employee's idea too?
the man – who contracted the virus from another infectious part-time worker at the pizza bar – sent South Australia into lockdown yesterday, as authorities were concerned they could not find a discernible link between his case and any of the other positive cases in the so-called Parafield cluster... Asked if he would apologise to the people of South Australia for disrupting their lives by sending them into lockdown, Stevens said government authorities acted according to the health advice at the time.
However, the normal restrictions (as below) of this South Australia gov. are far less stringent than may seen in the US.
100-person cap on hospitality venues
150-person cap for weddings, but no dancing or stand-up alcohol consumptions
100-person cap for religious ceremonies
Gyms can reopen - https://indaily.com.au/news/2020/11/20/sa-to-lift-lockdown-early-after-pizza-bar-lie-misled-officials/