less absurdity than some might assume. Look what's happening with case numbers and despite that, we seem to have not gone immediately, nor really looking at it at all, to lockdowns and closures. There are calls for it, but it's not happening which I think points to less psychosis and more reality.

The things that are being put in place seem to have good cost/effectiveness ratios. We aren't throwing the kitchen sink to stop every case. It also seems to be based more on say hospital beds/resources than raw case numbers. Of course, the latter feeds into the models as one variable among many, but it kind of has to if you want to react before say hospitals are swamped.

What are we doing?
Masks? Easy and cheap, though perhaps not very effective.
Vaccine Requirements? Not cheap, but definitely effective.

What are we not doing?
Random business closures and weird hours? High cost, ineffective.