> I think the evidence is that it cannot. Only if you if you intentionally ignore reality. Spain decimated it's spread rate during the first lockdown, running

> I think the evidence is that it cannot. Only if you if you intentionally ignore reality. Spain decimated it's spread rate during the first lockdown, running down their 800 daily deaths down to zero in amout a month of lockdown. Every single time a restrictive lockdown was imposed for over 3 weeks, spread and death rates dropped to a fraction of their initial rate. > I'm not sure what more could be done. The US is renowned for doing barely anything. Politically the US even rejects the use of facial masks. That's telling.