Did that happen in all countries that didn't do a lockdown?
That was pretty much the case! Also except for some time in 2020, there was no lockdown in US. The only thing that varied depending on the community transmission were the indoor mask mandates (and nothing of that sort in red states). Seems like a strawman.
Lockdowns in Europe however were pretty brutal, lasting for months at times. I regularly had to wait up to half an hour in line for groceries here in UK, because home deliveries were obliterated by demand.
If you have kids you've probably experienced some sort of forced quarantine based on incidental exposure. I would call that a targeted lockdown of sorts. It's interesting that it completely screws over the generations ostensibly most responsible for the future of the country. But we are all replaceable I suppose.