Some might have noticed that masks don't help, neither does closing down the complete country. 

Just as we don't shut down highways when someone dies in a car crash.

 

You call it prudent, I call it a huge risk and coming months and years you will read enough about it what those risks are exactly. Suicides up, people afraid of social contact, depression up, more drug use, kids with adjustment problems, people dying of hunger in poor countries, lower GDP in poorer countries resulting in more people living below the poverty line, more people dying of diseases like cancer because they skipped screenings, etc, etc, etc. This is the biggest social experiment ever undertaken and future generations will pay the price.

 

To limit our risks we should not wear masks or stay indoors, as the price is just too high for society as a whole. Instead we should focus on improving general health in the population. 

2 hours ago, Bob12345 said:

Just as we don't shut down highways when someone dies in a car crash.

 

They do shut down or modify the road if people are constantly dying at that location.