Were the lockdowns a mistake?

Recommendable! Is that a rhetorical question? Of course, these draconian one size fits all measures that severely damaged the economy and made our lives miserable, more violent, and deadly were an unnecessary government overreaction to a fairly harmless virus. It exposed the colossal failure of the political class and elites in Western democracies!

"... The current death toll of 185,000 is 0.055% of the current population. It will go higher, but it’s about the same magnitude as those two flu [Asian flu of 1957-58 and Hong Kong flu of 1968] outbreaks and less deadly for those under 65. Yet, there [in 1957-58 or 1968] were no statewide lockdowns, no massive school closings, no closed office buildings and factories, restaurants, and museums. No one even considered shutting down Woodstock. ..."

Were the lockdowns a mistake? | American Enterprise Institute - AEI (by Michael Barone) Were the lockdowns a mistake? To that nagging question, the answer increasingly seems to be yes.