The flu kills people EVERY YEAR... YEAR AFTER YEAR... why was there no social distancing and masks for those viruses that killed millions around the world over the last 50-100 years?
And NO, shutting down entire economies was not "the best" way to deal with this disease. Those shutdowns will kill MORE people than the dreaded COVID-19.
You're a constant critic, but you really couldn't have managed a country through this terrible sickness, imo.
Look, let me tell you why we Brits don't lock down over Flu and that might help.
The Flu virus can kill maybe 7-10 thousand each year in the UK, but we keep hospital admissions and deaths down by vaccinating all our elderly and at-risk folks each autumn. Obviously there are some folks who won't be vaccinated but that's up to them. Over here we try to keep pressure on our National Health Service down. You haven't got one of those so I guess you don't need to worry about hospital pressures, I guess youir hospitals are mainly there for who can pay for treatment .......
But the Covid was rampant. It nearly overwhelmed our NHS. Many illnesses could not be treated as soon or as well as before. Our NHS was in danger. So we locked down and ALL followed government advice.
But the vaccinations may open up our country again.
Are you going to have a vaccination? In any case you should. Now I hope this helped you.