Matt Jones post is exactly right, and fingers can be pointed in blame all over the place.
Lockdowns didn't work....and still aren't working. Masks weren't supposed to be needed, then they are needed, and now they are mandated...and they aren't working. This thing was, is, and will be, a trial and error solution until it runs its course. Period. Every so called expert has seen their opinion shot all to hell, then they come up w/ a plan b, c, d, whatever.
You open up and live life and deal w/ the issues the best you can, especially w/ the elderly and health compromised. Open schools, take care of those that get sick...just like you do w/ any other problem.
Finger point all you want....but if you are going to do that, then you better have a damn good reason to support that.
Jones is a dipshit and you are a dipshit for saying he is right.