Your article is interesting and I think different models can achieve the same results, however, I think you've misconstrued some of your talking points. The Ameican model and the Chinese model are nowhere close, using "lockdown" is one of the only similarities. The China model was an invasive model and for all the restrictions and check points put in place, it worked. From rapid contact tracing, to temperature checks everywhere, to limiting the movement of people, once China pulled the curtain on the cover up aspect, they acted swiftly and did a commendable job at containing the epidemic. On the other hand, there is so much distrust and political jockeying in America that I don't think there was ever a true lockdown. We can go down another deep rabbit hole with that, but sticking to this topic, I disagree with your main tenet that lockdowns don't work. When used effectively, they do. But, that's not to say that other methods don't work as well.
The most pressing issue to come out of this debacle is that if we don't work together, we don't stand a chance