I have the right to say and think as I want. Just like you. The difference is I won’t browbeat you for your opinion.

Yes, you have that right. And, the community has the right to downvote you to oblivion. It seems like you'd rather they not, so I'd recommend putting forth a well-structured argument to support your claims.

Let the downvotes pour. It’s the offline consequences that I have a problem with. In this case there aren’t any.

On the other we might as well view every year spent locked down as a year wasted. So with an average life expectancy of 80 years you’d be throwing away an entire lifetime for every 80 people you lock down. That’s a 1.23% death rate, it’s not yet clear that COVID is worse.

That's essentially equating being in lockdown to being temporarily dead, which in my opinion is an exaggeration.

Perhaps it’s even worse than death? Dead people can’t really suffer.

I’m sure lots of (most?) people would choose the “temporary death” option over being prisoners inside their homes, just fall asleep and wake up free.