[argonaut]

You didn't see many scientists saying this. But early on in the pandemic many people were saying Covid would be completely over if everyone masked for a month, or if we locked down for a month, etc. I saw this a lot within my own network of very liberal, twenty-something peers. Some people still believe this, albeit probably a small minority now.

[scotty79]

> But early on in the pandemic many people were saying Covid would be completely over if everyone masked for a month, or if we locked down for a month,

It's technically true if every single person on Earth did this at the same time.

Which is impossible, so no.

[taeric]

Is it, though? Feels unlikely that we could eliminate any corona virus that way.

[dv_dt]

But it was over in multiple nations that did take the precautions seriously ... only to come back when they somehow were convinced to relax the recommendations.