Of course. Slowing down the timeline was exactly the goal. There’s a massive difference between Covid cases coming all at once and the same number of cases being spread over two months, especially given everything you can learn in those two months.

> Lockdowns didn't do squat to prevent those deaths.

They have done for some countries. Lockdowns _done badly_, I agree, didn't do squat.

> What should have been done instead is to figure out what factors cause Covid complications, One year in and we still haven't even started...

You seriously don't think people are researching that like crazy? Good science, sadly, takes time. Especially when trying to measure an _ongoing_ pandemic.

> (We spent so much time and effort on vaccines instead, even though there are several strains of Covid in the wild and people routinely get it twice...)

I've had the flu multiple times in my life. Only had it once since I started getting vaccinated for it annually 16 years ago.

As an asthmatic, I really appreciate the flu vaccine. (And likewise, really keen on a Covid vaccine, my lungs are rough enough already, cheers).

And I really appreciate it even though there are several strains of flu in the wild and people routinely get it twice (or more).

Slowing down the timeline did an awful lot to prevent a heap of deaths. By preventing an ICU from being overloaded, you buy more time for treatment (and rest for the staff) which means less likelihood of death.

Now you just have to deal with long COVID-19 and people claiming that avoided deaths are meaningless.