YES, look at Australia where the deaths are only at 1,006 with a total of 56,212 cases vs the US - 640,000 deaths and 39.3 million cases. Opening up recklessly is a recipe for disaster. Look at Isreal. Lockdowns hurt the economy but what else can you do when there is so much vaccine hesitancy and resistance to wearing a little mask.
RE: COVID = The state's excuse to implement a totalitarian police state.