I can't figure out why you insist on using lockdowns interchangeably with "Using a mask and being cautious" when you are well aware this is not the case. I have come to expect much more intellectual honesty from you than this, but that seems to have disappeared as soon as the discussion is about covid.
As a total aside, I personally know a bunch of people who are experiencing lingering effects which are affecting their daily lives.
Did I?
I responded directly to:
Also while hospitals are filling up, I don't see bh a heavy death rate.
This gives way to what many are thinking, it's invitable, why stay locked up?
They are right that it's not as deadly, I don't think the virus changed, I think treatment is better, less intubation, drugs that work etc
and highlighted "why stay locked up". How in the world would you consider this being interchanged with using masks?
I’m not sure if you are just being thick or being deliberately obtuse by presenting a false dichotomy. There are no adverse impacts of being cautious, including wearing masks, switching more venues to outdoors, lowering capacity and crowding at events and services, and being mindful of distancing and outside contact (which does not equal lockdown!). There will definitely be adverse outcomes if a bunch of people contract COVID (some will die, some will be sick for a little, and some will have lingering effects).
Here again, did I say anything against "being cautious, including wearing masks, switching more venues to outdoors, lowering capacity and crowding at events and services, and being mindful of distancing and outside contact (which does not equal lockdown!)"? I was specifically responding to "why stay locked up? They are right that it's not as deadly, I don't think the virus changed, I think treatment is better".
You might be conflating what I'm saying here with my responses to
@gozalim and
@Lurker about the reality of 770. Just as @Yard sale said about Lakewood, I'm saying about 770. I'm being realistic. I know what can and cannot work, and I know where I cannot change things (believe me, if I could change things in 770, there are quite a few things I would change). I have learned to pick my battles. There are some communal battles which I took upon myself singlehandedly, I can name one where my mission was accomplished (though I wish it would have a broader effect), and then there's yet another where it wasn't my battle, but I believe my actions had a significant contribution, that being said - I attempted to raise a totally different angle to that one, but my voice got crowded out.