I'm not claiming anyone is right, but you aren't addressing the authors point that the gamble is actually the lockdown. No countries have ever done that before

I'm not claiming anyone is right, but you aren't addressing the authors point that the gamble is actually the lockdown. No countries have ever done that before. The author accurately states that the repercussions of lockdown are unknown and that it is possible that more people could die from the lockdown than from the disease. However since nobody really knows, his point was that it was strange that the vast majority of the world chose the unknown path of lockdown. I think his point is worth looking into. Most people are loosing money, which has a direct impact on health. And I for one had my Dr. Appointments canceled which were for testing. But the delay of those tests can potentially have lasting consequences. Point is that it is important to analyze both the immediate and long term costs in any strategy fairly. But instead of that, the entire world went with lockdown with very little data to back it up, primarily based on the idea of flattening a curve in order to not overwhelm the health care system.