Correlation != Causation. Willfully ignorant.
>We might agree that there may be more effective ways to keep people separated than a full blown lockdown, balancing health concerns with people's needs, but at the time, it was the best tool in the toolbox- and outside the US worked well- New Zealand, for example, which is pretty much back to normal these days after a duration much closer to the first time period.
South dakota, sweeden don't have lockdown and they pretty much normal all these times. Florida has short lockdown, but they realized their mistake and quickly lifted it. They are normal too.
>you are certainly implying that your own inconvenience is far more damaging than the lives of others. '
No, lockdown affect a lot of people, not just me and its just not merely inconvenience.
> just want to let the people die and let the chips fall where they may
No, I never said that. I support reducing/preventing death as much as we possibly can, but trying to do so with causing so much damage that is bigger than the virus itself, I can't support.