If you had asked any epidemiologist in 2019, they would have told you that respiratory viruses that spread through droplets can't be effectively controlled by l

If you had asked any epidemiologist in 2019, they would have told you that respiratory viruses that spread through droplets can't be effectively controlled by lockdowns and that the evidence for universal masking is weak. If you remember the early controversy over the UK's response, this is what it was about; the government wanted to follow their pre-established protocols for handling respiratory pandemics, against their advisors' advice that this was completely different and couldn't be handled the same way as flu pandemics.