Lockdowns extend pandemics, assuming they work. That is their literal purpose, to drag out infections over a longer time scale to reduce hospital load

— Ryan Connell (@connellryan1) January 9, 2022

That’s exactly what lockdowns do and is their whole point. It’ll make a lot of people angry, but it’s in fact tautological.

Lockdowns cannot end a pandemic like Covid. Simply cannot. That was wishful thinking by those more hopeful than knowledgeable.