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I live in Japan, there was no lockdown and the disease didn't get worst than any other countries that took very harsh measures. Given how restrictive those measures are in comparison to the epsilon effect they have, it's clear it's better to respect people rights instead of crushing them under some heavy-handed wishful thinking.

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There was no lockdown? What was the thing we all saw during the Olympics?

They let something like 80,000 foreigners into the country for the Olympics. I'd say if there is an anti-lockdown that would be it. The virus surged during this period, and one of the hypothesis floating out there was that the voluntary lockdown suggestions were ignored due to the government holding the Olympics. The case numbers went down when they instituted the state of emergency again.

But that being said I'm not sure we fully understand why the virus didn't hit Japan as hard. The country does have a stronger mask wearing culture (where people actually fully cover their faces) and a homogenous genetic makeup.

To me, lockdown means you tell people they can’t do certain things or they have to do certain things a certain way. And that’s what happened during the Olympics.

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