The only reason we had to resort to indiscriminate lockdowns here in the US was that we failed to prepare for the eventuality of an epidemic back in January. Ha

The only reason we had to resort to indiscriminate lockdowns here in the US was that we failed to prepare for the eventuality of an epidemic back in January. Had we deployed robust testing to our major urban areas in late February or early March, we could've taken much more targeted action and avoided the broad economic repercussions that we are suffering now. So in a sense, yes, we would do the lockdowns differently in the future: we would act earlier and more intelligently, and avoid them altogether.