Maybe I don't understand the question? I'm saying that there were a sizable amount of people that viewed those measures as unnecessary and thus viewed the natur

Maybe I don't understand the question? I'm saying that there were a sizable amount of people that viewed those measures as unnecessary and thus viewed the natural number of deaths as acceptable. I'm not arguing the positions, just stating that many people viewed precautions as worse than the outcomes of those who got COVID. A secondary point perhaps is that some locations did not have lockdowns or masks for the most part and still have low vaccine numbers. Some locations may have shut down schools at the beginning of 2020 but decided that even masks in schools were a step too far by August 2020. The US response varied wildly depending on location.