I agree that this article shows a wisdom in thinking by @MonicaGandhi9

Ultimately, it will take years to know which specific policies helped and hurt, but it takes a wise person to leave their mind open to the fact that things may have unintended consequences https://twitter.com/ajlamesa/status/1352040113073762305

A wise person, and somebody with significant experience in reducing risk in a practical, and sustainable way, is integral to have in thinking about these policy choices

A naive way of looking at the world is that the problem is always not enough restrictions, and not enough enforcement

That naive thinking dominates on Twitter

The wise type of thinking is to shift behavior from high risk settings to lower risk settings, accepting the fact that no risk may be unattainable.

And careful empirical collection of data, and randomization is the key to understanding the impact of our policies

When covid is over we will have learned so much about which specific drugs help in covid (thanks recovery), And we will have learned almost nothing about non-pharmacologic interventions and restrictions

The entire field of science should be embarrassed that an entire global pandemic resulted in no advancement in prospective experimental studies of these policies.

I think only with the distance of time, will some well done quasi experimental studies lend some clarity. But along the way there will be many poorly done, non-causal, ecological, garbage studies that will have strong fan bases.

I think this article is nice and that it shows complexity and nuance in thinking.