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Some states did not.

States that did not issue stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020 - Ballotpedia

Seven states—Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming—did not issue orders directing residents to stay at home from nonessential activities in March and April 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The 43 other states all issued orders at the state level directing residents to stay at home except for essential activities and closing businesses that each state deemed nonessential.^[1] Read more about those stay-at-home orders here.

Only one of the seven states that did not issue a stay-at-home order did not require any businesses to close: South Dakota. All seven states also closed schools to in-person instruction.

So, vis a vis "not learning anything", maybe "we" did learn something, lock downs were ineffective and counterproductive.  I realize those are largely rural states and other factors are at play, but a lot of states like GA are rural also.

And then there is Sweden, and China.

So, vis a vis "not learning anything", maybe "we" did learn something, lock downs were ineffective and counterproductive.  I realize those are largely rural states and other factors are at play, but a lot of states like GA are rural also.

And then there is Sweden, and China.

I didn't then, and don't in hindsight, have a problem with the lockdowns of Mar/Apr 2020. We didn't really know what we were dealing with. 

It was any/every attempt at lockdown after that, that I had a problem with. It was keeping kids out of schools that I had a problem with--thankfully my kids, 2 in a charter school at the time, and one in a special needs program, were receiving in-person instruction. It was keeping significant mandatory precautions (mask mandates / etc) after widespread vaccine availability was there that I had a problem with. 

By May/June 2020 we had a handle on how transmissible it was, how deadly it was, and a decent idea of how people could individually reduce their risk of getting it. At that point I think we should have had guidelines on "best practices", which yes include social distancing, encouraging employees who can  productively WFH to do so (and their employers to let them), even masking (until vaccine availability) out of courtesy to others. 

But instead, politicians tilted at windmills with attempting to control the uncontrollable. All while those hypocrites were privately flouting all the things they told everyone else to do. 

But instead, politicians tilted at windmills with attempting to control the uncontrollable. All while those hypocrites were privately flouting all the things they told everyone else to do.

yup, we've learned nothing
the same states will lock down again in the future

and politicians will once again tilt at windmills

It's 15 here much fooking colder can it get? Nevermind...and I brought the beer in off the back porch

So, it sounds like it's akin to the flu?  I've not tested positive (yet).  I figure I could catch it on this cruise upcoming.  Or the plane flights.