>Absolutely not, because you could measure a substantial decrease in mobility before any region instituted a lockdown.
Source?
Source?
This is https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/changes-visitors-covid?ti...
Shows the trend becomes clear on March 12th, which is 7 days before the first lockdowns in New York. Are you suggesting that the one week delay when everyone bought out all the toilet paper because they thought the world was ending is evidence that the lockdowns weren't needed to affect mobility?