As a Chinese person this is fascinating to observe. I honestly don't know how you can talk about lockdowns without even a single mention of China. Nobody knows how to lock people down better than China. Why is China left out of the conversation? Maybe at least condemn us for being too authoritarian? Irregardless, it worked. And life has largely gone back to normal with 99% of the population no longer in lockdown. So instead of blaming the method of lockdown itself, why not just say you don't want to be as authoritarian as China or simply <b>admit you don't know how to correctly execute lockdowns.</b> Or is it because of the ideological differences, like no way there is anything we can learn from the commies? Frankly it's all about achieving your objectives using the least resources and time possible. I'm telling you China can't care less about ideological differences and unlike the west, is willing to learn from anyone.  If there is a better way to do it than lockdowns you can bet they're gonna adopt it in a heartbeat.