Except the lockdowns result in economic harm, causing folks to lose their jobs and sink them further into debt. And if it's only debt, then they're lucky. Suicide has been on the rise since the social isolation and lockdowns, then theres going to be more suicide due to ruined livelihoods as time goes on.

People aren't poo-pooing the lockdowns because it's the chic thing to do. The impact is becoming worse than the virus itself. The WHO in January 2020 said with 80% compliance in social distancing and hygiene, the USA will have 2mil deaths by around july/august... yea, compliance was no where that high.

This was all about flattening the curve so hospitals weren't overloaded at once, which was fair. We are past that. So much so, hospitals in the usa have been shutting down in summer because they haven't been able to fill beds. Something like this should have been able to keep them operating for longer if they were at constant capacity.

I've said it before, 1 death is 1 too many. But at the same time, I dont see victory when the global society lives in perpetual fear and hardship either and decides to just kill themselves, literally.

Right now global death numbers, covid doesn't make the top 10 causes of death in the world. You are statistically more likely to die of a diarrhea related illness than of covid. No one cries over the 2mil people, every year, dying of that. Which for the most part, is extremely preventable if the world community actually gave a shit.