@Face, the damage caused by the measures is likely minor compared to the damage we would see without measures. I don't want to try it out.
That's your opinion, sure. However, we don't even see the whole damage caused by the measures yet. And by the things we do see already, I don't share your opinion. I think that the cure is currently deadlier than the disease, so to speak. I would also not compare it to what we would see without measures at all. There are enough examples for how countries get along without strict lockdowns and only moderate measures, we don't have to try it out.
If you look how many people are employed in Germany, and how many lost their jobs in 2020, it turns out that 98% did not lose their job. And of the 2% not everyone lost the job due to the pandemic. So I don't see a rational ground for the complaining. And if you lose your job, you are free to chose a new one. People pretend once they lost their job it's all over. But that's not reality. I got a lot of new workmates that were ramp agents and flight attendants before. They just got a new job now, and they are even better off with more salary and permanently employed now.
Well, I won't tell the people who have lost their jobs that they are free to choose a new one, anyway. That's pretty cynical if they lost their jobs due to the measures, especially if they can't get a new one due to the pandemic still going on. Just as you have your anecdotes about people being lucky to get new jobs, I have my own about people being not so lucky, and having enormous problems now.
The problem I see with people that don't agree to measures is they don't have intelligent alternatives to offer. And it's the same with global warming for example. Yes, the climate is always changing, people always die, there will always be infections and alcohol is allowed when drugs are not. But you can't argue that way if you are a doctor, a politician or a scientist. You have to act.
Of course nobody can have intelligent alternatives to offer in the eyes of those that proclaimed the current measures to have no alternatives to start with (Merkel's "alternativlos"). Politicians already have examples of how different measures work out, they just choose to render them as non-intelligent. That's what they always do, even if they change their strategy later on.