I think the lockdowns are a mixed bag, yes many people didnt die from COVID because of them - but many (smaller number) people did die of things not COVID from

I think the lockdowns are a mixed bag, yes many people didnt die from COVID because of them - but many (smaller number) people did die of things not COVID from them. I still think on a numbers perspective that the lockdowns saved more lives than not locking down would have - but it does not help the cause of "keeping that tool in the public health toolbox" to not acknowledge the externalities of its face - its not a completely benign policy without externalities - its just significantly less bad than the alternatives. I think we should study this more, to try to form a consensus when a lockdown is appropriate. I think a COVID scale illness is, but when does that cease to be true? half of one? 3/4? who knows, we've not spent much time thinking about it yet.