> And by the way the cost is not just economical but also social, pedagogical (remote learning is still in a joke stage), psychological, sentimental (like marry

> And by the way the cost is not just economical but also social, pedagogical (remote learning is still in a joke stage), psychological, sentimental (like marrying without proper event) and those are hard to quantify yet are the salt of human life. I think you've misunderstood my comment. All of these costs are significantly greater if you do not enact a fast and strict lockdown. If you lock down at a single digit case count, you can be out and free with no restrictions by the end of the week, as the virus can be quickly eradicated in those conditions. The costs of that are very minor, and mostly amount to annoyances in rescheduling things. I've gone through this twice. It's not ideal, but it's pretty easy to cope with. If you wait for cases to balloon to the tens of thousands, you will have to outright cancel events instead of rescheduling them, lest you want your wedding guests to die from preventable illnesses. Those are the kind of extremely heavy social costs you're describing, and I 100% agree that avoiding them is extremely important.