I knew better. The “test” of whether and to what extent lockdowns control the virus or “suppress outbreaks” (in Anthony Fauci’s words) has been tried all over the world. Every serious empirical examination has shown that the answer is no.
When the very title of an article starts with pure, abashed hyperbole - "So not everyone is flat-out dying from X? This means the risk of X is basically nil, right" - you can safely disregard the rest of the article.
Very very safely, in fact.