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Unfortunately "let grandma die to avoid economic consequences" is not politically feasible in any democratic nation, so the best anyone could have hoped for is strict short lockdowns in immediate response to community transmission like Australia/SK/NZ have been doing, which was admittedly made far easier by their land borders or lack thereof.

Also, COVID has a pretty high chance of fucking your body up even if you're young and probably won't die from it. Dunno about you but I personally wouldn't take a 1 in 10 chance of long COVID in exchange for Friday night beers at the pub and not wearing a mask outside.