The virus was never going to disappear by locking down.

That you think I was saying that it would is an invention of your own imagination. Accusing me of lying over something I never said is particularly obnoxious.

Hospitals getting overwhelmed (and thus increasing fatality rates) are an obvious consequence of ending the shutdowns with most people still not infected.

It will remain that way until a sufficient number of people become immune to where we have "herd immunity", or we find an effective way to fight the virus.