Already did thanks and enough with the spouting yourself. I "think" they work because they've been shown to. I keep track on the figures over here thanks but here's a little study for you to read yourself.
COVID-19's daily increasing cases and deaths have led to worldwide lockdown, quarantine and some restrictions. This study aims to analyze the effect of lockdown days on the spread of coronavirus in countries. COVID-19 cases and lockdown days data ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oh, and to say there's no evidence to support evolution is just silly. Your religious beliefs are entirely irrelevant to the fact that the theory of evolution is globally accepted in the scientific community because of the evidence that supports it.
Numbers dropping in countries that have enacted them. Easy enough to find out, do a google search.
Common sense should tell you why. If we'd kept everything opening including super spreader events like football matches then the virus would have a field day of its own. Our NHS was struggling to cope with the escalating cases as it was. That's why people were coming out of retirement to help out.
The fallout is certainly considerable and I've never made light of the negatives from the get go. The alternative, to just let everywhere stay open with no restrictions would have been worse. This is a pandemic, not a case of the sniffles.