[faangFar]

Mods have deleted this question with no reasoning- Why is the "science" solution to lockdown? This is a prioritization of a minority population at the expense of an overwhelming majority.

Logic would say to prioritize (pick your numbers, I don't care) the 99.5% over the 0.5%.

My hypothesis is that since it's a healthcare issue, the leaders are less math/statistics inclined and more focused on biology.

[newacct583]

That's just wrong. Is Japan, or Korea, or Germany needlessly locked down to "prioritize a minority population"? No. Those economies are largely open now.

The US isn't making the wrong decision about prioritizing hard choices, it's simply MAKING THE WRONG CHOICES. This was a largely solvable problem. We just failed.

[faangFar]

The question isn't what we should have done, that's easy. What should we do now?

[nickthemagicman]

Sweden who has single digit deaths and extremely minimal new cases has said that lockdown was the extreme solution.