Heres polio eradicator Donald Hendersons influenza control guideline:
"Experience has shown that communities faced with epidemics or other adverse events respond best and with the least anxiety when the normal social functioning of the community is least disrupted. Strong political and public health leadership to provide reassurance and to ensure that needed medical care services are provided are critical elements. If either is seen to be less than optimal, a manageable epidemic could move toward catastrophe."
There are issues with the paper- its 15 years out dated and influenza != covid, but the paper is still useful. Also interestingly enough, the paper also mentions the non-effectiveness of masks (Non N95 ones at least), which was likely why masks were not heavily pushed at the start of the pandemic.
Overall from what I have read, lockdown as we implemented is a solely 2020 idea. We are essentially running the grandest science experiment ever, with both our lives and our happiness.
Its consequences; we are only beginning to understand, and it may very well be true that the "solution" for covid is far worse than the virus itself.
See:
"Experience has shown that communities faced with epidemics or other adverse events respond best and with the least anxiety when the normal social functioning of the community is least disrupted. Strong political and public health leadership to provide reassurance and to ensure that needed medical care services are provided are critical elements. If either is seen to be less than optimal, a manageable epidemic could move toward catastrophe."
https://www.aier.org/article/how-a-free-society-deals-with-p...
There are issues with the paper- its 15 years out dated and influenza != covid, but the paper is still useful. Also interestingly enough, the paper also mentions the non-effectiveness of masks (Non N95 ones at least), which was likely why masks were not heavily pushed at the start of the pandemic.
Overall from what I have read, lockdown as we implemented is a solely 2020 idea. We are essentially running the grandest science experiment ever, with both our lives and our happiness.
Its consequences; we are only beginning to understand, and it may very well be true that the "solution" for covid is far worse than the virus itself. See:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/virus-linke...
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/20201209_Rethinking_lo...