Are lockdowns justified?

[Abaddon_ire]

That is just childish. Did you never for a moment consider that although the mandate for masks and social distancing is removed that people will continue to do both anyway? To protect themselves and their nearest and dearest? Did that penny never drop into your cranium and rattle around in it's new spacious environment?

Surprisingly, though Abbott lifted the mandate a majority of businesses and local and county offices are still requiring them.  

There's more traffic now but it seems most people are still taking basic precautions.  People just don't like doing what their told...they seem better with it when they feel like they made the choice.

Psychology is outside my skill set, but I suspect you may be correct. In fact, one of the articles cited by FlatAssembler states as much. I suspect he didn't actually read it before posting it. A possible corollary to Betteridge's Law.