Until a safe vaccine is produced those total lockdown nations have to stay in lockdown. Even a minor outbreak can explode. Korea handled it the best with limite

Until a safe vaccine is produced those total lockdown nations have to stay in lockdown. Even a minor outbreak can explode. Korea handled it the best with limited closures, aggressive tracking, and a responsible public, and they still had superspreader events when they loosened up rules on bars and risked having an outbreak. That said, a model like korea's would never work in the west and especially the US. If we're to believe Fauci literally none of the general populace acted responsibly, with even leftwing demographics like the young, urban dwellers, and minorities leading infections despite leftwing leaderships' advice. So its hardly a partisan issue, the basic culture of the US is incompatible with strategies that work in Asia. The spread of this virus was just an inevitability