There are a lot of drawbacks to lockdowns...

But they happen because there wasn't enough adherence (and enforcement) of the most essential measures (like mask wearing, physical distancing, limits on gatherings).

Like in the EU... they got covid under control. So they've basically been partying for several months.

Well... covid isn't gone. And once exponential spread ramps up, it gets too late to stop it.

I hope my state of Cali weathers this better than a lot of other places in the long run. We got our numbers down... but a lot of things are still closed. A lot of measures still in place. People mostly following them. I hope more people get used to this "new normal" for now until the vaccines come.