you are making the classic mistake of judging past actions with future knowledge.
Lockdowns work and they worked well given what what was known at the time. They are also good at reducing social contacts for transmissible disease and the best evidence of this was the almost total lack of a flu season in the northern hemisphere.
While the social and economic cost is now known to be immense, public health officials have a duty of care to the most vulnerable in society.
Lockdowns work and they worked well given what what was known at the time. They are also good at reducing social contacts for transmissible disease and the best evidence of this was the almost total lack of a flu season in the northern hemisphere.
While the social and economic cost is now known to be immense, public health officials have a duty of care to the most vulnerable in society.