It would be idiotic to think lockdowns don't make a difference for a highly contagious airborne virus. The fewer people there are out and about the less chances the virus has of jumping from one host to the next. That's not even following science, that's just basic logic. But people don't have logical skills anymore because they keep consuming nonsense from their internet connected pocket supercomputers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager
Karl Popper also happened to be the teacher of George Soros and a big influence on him. His most widely read book is The Open Society and Its Enemies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Society_and_Its_Enemi...
"Popper has argued (I think successfully) that a scientific idea can never be proven true, because no matter how many observations seem to agree with it, it may still be wrong. On the other hand, a single contrary experiment can prove a theory forever false."
But then how do we decide which theory is worth taking the time to criticize?--I think this is where David Deutsch comes in. Redefining scientific progress in therms of "hard-to-vary explanations". No need to eat a pound of grass to test if it cures the common cold, because it's an easy-to-vary and doesn't _explain why_ it works (eg why not a pound of rosemary or a pint of beer)? Seems like a pretty obvious thing, perhaps, but then why is homeopathy such a huge industry? See also, A New Way to Explain Explanation: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain...
The AIM of science: https://www.bretthall.org/uploads/3/1/2/9/31298571/karl_r._p...
The Open Society and it's Enemies: https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/open-s...
Economist article: https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2016/01/31/fr...
Also, David Deutsch: https://archive.org/details/TheFabricOfReality/page/n45/mode...
The Beginning of Infinity: https://ia800107.us.archive.org/29/items/RichardDawkinsTheSe...
