OK. I sat through this very, very long discussion on why we didn't need lockdowns. Seriously, can you imagine how much more more awful the pandemic would have been? What of the healthcare workers? What of millions more people with long COVID? This argument is very selective and just a bit too self-serving.,(reply>), @Random YouTube Person unfortunately I know too well. As a clinician with a partner who is also a doctor we were left horrified by the lockdowns, impacts on patient care, community hysteria, government misrepresentation of how well they were supporting the healthcare system, and complete dogmatic attacks of people for what we always believed were personal choices. It appears we did not get the balance right at all.,(reply>), @M D yes here in Victoria it has been horrendous.,(reply>), Easy to say from Queensland compared to the lives destroyed in Victoria. He is talking about US with high seed rates early on, Australia as an isolated Island had significant advantage starting off and then climate (being a summer/Autumn) and social culture (outdoor activities) gave us a chance in northern areas of Australia.,(reply>)," <a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIOGUYOPAsA&amp;t=1h47m04s"">1:47:04</a> - Focused Protection<br>I believe the argument was against 'universal' lockdowns and for focused protection of the most vulnerable.",(reply>), There are too many variables to know for sure. I am disappointed that some problems such as long COVID were not even discussed. What he is clearly right about is that a single solution doesn't fit all communities. In some cases, lockdowns really don't help.