>But when the economy, rights, and other major factors are considered, it looks less like a tradeoff and more like a betrayal.

This is just crazy. Every other major country in the world has essentially beaten the virus with mask wearing and lockdowns and the US is about to have another devastating wave of cases in almost every major city outside the Notheast because people like you that are astonishingly selfish and arrogant have flouted the process and actively oppose it. You're cutting off your head to spite your face.

The economic considerations are secondary, we are probably looking at 500K deaths by 2021. That's World War level of deaths and your complaining about lockdowns and masks? Wtf is wrong with you, seriously. Learn empathy. People are dying.

>Ask any microbiologist.

So you've gone from "not all experts agree" to "all microbiologists agree". This is very poor form.