This thread is concerning bc a great novelist has been so mislead about the goals of pandemic policy.
All you can do in the long haul is to meet the virus the first time with the best odds. That means optimized medical problems, and vaccinate. After that, nothing to be done

Avoiding the virus indefinitely is not an option. It's far too contagious. Societies will destroy themselves trying to do so. As China flirts with.
You can't avoid the unavoidable. Delaying it, at great cost, certainly has no upside, and may even have downside.

It's disappointing that she views any criticism as from the political right. There are plenty of us, far on the political left, who are critical of the deranged zero covid ideology that's so captivated so many.

The analogy between a highly contagious respiratory virus, and keeping your sewage out of your drinking water is a misguided analogy
Anyone who thinks about it for more than 30 seconds would reject it. Shocking it is getting such traction

Yes I would