Harvard Medical professor Martin Kulldorff explains in this Article from April why distancing measures are counterproductive and that the only way out of a pandemic is herd-immunity, which can quickest and most reliable be accomplished by exposure to the virus.
While anti-herders have since taken over the domination of mainstream media, their plea for more restrictions is unscientific.
During the four months since Kulldorff’s article was published, some jurisdictions, such as Sweden and South Dakota have followed the scientific approach and refused to implement any restrictions, lockdowns or mask mandates, while others, such as California, Belgium, Spain and Michigan have imposed draconian measures without regards for basic civil liberties. The data proves Kulldorff right: even the harshest of restrictions have yielded no benefit at all, while the places that chose to embrace natural herd-immunity, like Sweden, are much closer to leaving Covid behind.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/29/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/