Errr... you said you are against "contact tracing".

I (personally) took that to mean "the old way". But it sounds like you're against the automated phone app thing?

Well, I am too. My phone isn't capable of running any of the apps anyway, so it's kind of moot in my case.

Regarding lockdown, in my state (Victoria, Australia) we're just now starting to loosen our lock down rules after a sustained (multi-month) period of lock down.

For us, it worked. We've just had our 14th day of 0 new coronavirus cases in a row, and they shouldn't be returning. :)

That was after starting into a J-curve of increasing coronavirus cases, hitting 700+ per day before the lock down started taking effect.

So, lockdowns + masks work. And if we hadn't gone down that path, we'd be heading to a dark place about now (like the US) and our economy would probably end up turning to shit. o_O

That being said, the lock down sucked.

We also had a curfew (8pm - 5am), to help manage it. Not being able to go out except for exercise or to buy food gets to a person after a few weeks. :(