"It seems not to have dawned on the governor and his aides that if such a policy is going to work, it would have already done so by now."

This is the problem. The numbers in Ohio right now are horrible, but the numbers are equally horrible in places that have embraced the strict lockdown measures being proposed as salvation in the article. So the same statement quoted above works whether you do lockdowns or not. Look at New York, as just one example. California? Same story. This virus is now endemic in the population, and we're in for an ugly time as we come into balance with it. But the measures being lauded as the "solution" appear to do nothing. So we get lots of covid and societal shutdown, or we get lots of covid and try to keep society running. Among other things, lowering the stress on people would help keep our immune systems in stronger shape, and that is the single best defense we have against any and all bugs. I know which I choose.