There's two problems I have with this answer. First: we do not know that the lethality would have been without lockdowns. We didn't (often) see hospitals turni

There's two problems I have with this answer. First: we do not know that the lethality would have been without lockdowns. We didn't (often) see hospitals turning people away. The lockdowns succeeded in preventing that. But more importantly, it's not fair to judge people based on the decisions they made in the past with the information they had then, using the information we have now. Let's presume there was no difference in lethality. We did not know that at the time. But it was reasonable to believe it would be helpful and save lives. Who is sitting there going "yeah but what if it doesn't save any more lives? Let's risk it because I've got a party planned next weekend".