You would come to the exact same result if the response had been even more rigid (depends on locality I guess). You could argue that any lockdown just delayed t

You would come to the exact same result if the response had been even more rigid (depends on locality I guess). You could argue that any lockdown just delayed the inevitable. And some already said that this is the only goal until a vaccine is found. Now since we have some and many people had the ability to get vaccinated, it is almost sensible to drop all rules again.