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>>The curve did flatten even in spite of these difficulties.

yes it did, then the goal posts were moved, it was no longer about hospital resources it became about death rates, then when death rates did not support the lock down narrative it become about infection rates

In reality (for many regions) it was always about political and economic control not public health

>>we could have just accepted that life comes with risk and allowed millions within the US to die within a couple months.

There are hundreds of different ways the pandemic could have been handled to believe the only 2 options where complete economic shutdown or death is moronic is in no way supported by the evidence, it sounds like you want have a fact based discussion but are leading off with emotional rhetoric, I am happy to debate facts, but I have no time or need for emotional responses or red herring fallacies