This sounds a bit like you are raising the qualification barrier to participate in the debate, but only if that person disagrees with you.
But then they all tried to convince Americans not to wear masks.
I'm sure that poster, like me, also doesn't want politicians making inaccurate claims the other way about how the virus is the deadliest thing imaginable, or to prioritize saving every single life possible by orders of house arrest.
From the HN guidelines: Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
The burden of proof should be on the lockdown proponents, not people trying to return to the status quo.
There's a new predator out there, invading our space and we're its lunch. there's precious little status quo to return to until we have the tools to exterminate it.
We're not used to not being apex predators. That's fact.
Cov2 is both everywhere and lethal, that's quite a difference in kind.
And WRT "Malaria, and so many more" we as humans and our collective organizations have been busy trying to exterminate or avoid them as much as possible. Since forever.
This is begging the question, though.