They were always going to work, but only if they were used in their proper context: to knock down the size of the epidemic so that less intrusive, more efficien

They were always going to work, but only if they were used in their proper context: to knock down the size of the epidemic so that less intrusive, more efficient means of infection control can happen: universal, repeated testing; universal contact tracing; and rapid isolation of contacts. The people who complain about lockdowns are also the people who refuse to do the alternative, and then claim "nothing works". I am really tired of the "we tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" political party. Get out of the way and let people who are capable of handling things get to work.