I am sorry, but I think you overcorrected. The problem was that we locked down at all. Nearly the same mitigation could have happened with masks, distance and i

I am sorry, but I think you overcorrected. The problem was that we locked down at all. Nearly the same mitigation could have happened with masks, distance and isolation. Yes, testing was a shitshow. But look at Spain, Australia etc. If you lock down, eventually the virus comes back. Here are literally the only options: 1. Lockdown fully and completely until there is a vaccine that's distributed 2. Lockdown hard until cases in (Region) are zero and then reopen without any outside entry to (Region) 3. Take public health measures like masking, isolation of sick, protection of weak and accept cases and deaths 4. Ignore it, accept lots of death and cases This virus will continue to spread until there is immunity, either through natural means or vaccine. Lockdowns don't stop the virus unless migration is also stopped. Period. All it takes is one person to fall through the cracks and your 6 months of lockdown are thrown out the window. There are structural problems that need to be addressed, the fact that hospitals are profit driven and operate near 100% capacity at all times. The fact that our public health departments are political by their leadership. The fact that there is zero trust of anyone anywhere. But you fix all of those and you still have a virus that will spread until immunizations levels are met. Finally, the Gulf States are having their _first wave_! They flattened the curve during the NYC outbreak. But people moved, virus spread. Lockdowns are a terrible, blunt, unsustainable, damaging, dangerous and ineffective in the long run.