My point was that a 1-month or even 3-month lockdown doesn't stop exponential growth permanently, it just pauses it. A permanent lockdown would stop it, but it's obviously not sustainable.
And I wasn't trying to dispute your claim that the "best endgame" is the goal, merely clarify it - and also point out that even then, we will still see our healthcare overwhelmed, and a lot of people will still die because they will be rationed out of the system. People who wouldn't have died if we locked things down when containment was still realistic - so I consider them all preventable deaths that we have failed to prevent as a society.
To be absolutely clear: a lockdown is still our best bet, and the lives it'll save are worth it.
And I wasn't trying to dispute your claim that the "best endgame" is the goal, merely clarify it - and also point out that even then, we will still see our healthcare overwhelmed, and a lot of people will still die because they will be rationed out of the system. People who wouldn't have died if we locked things down when containment was still realistic - so I consider them all preventable deaths that we have failed to prevent as a society.
To be absolutely clear: a lockdown is still our best bet, and the lives it'll save are worth it.