Honestly, I think all the non-medical consequences of covid have hurt us way more than the disease itself ever did. What's amazing, but not surprising, is how the disease and especially the vaccines have been weaponized by the usual warring parties. Pro-mask vs. anti-mask, pro-quarantine vs. anti-quarantine, and especially pro-vaccine vs. anti-vaccine. My best friend's wife, a wonderful woman who I love very much, is now fully onboard the mandatory vaccines = new world order/microchipping people/Beast of Revelation bandwagon. Yesterday, she was making FB posts in coded language (to bypass FB censors) suggesting as much.
I could try to gently explain to her how people have been weaponizing the Book of Revelation against scary things for the last ~1900 years (often simultaneously by opposing parties), but I'm just too tired to do it anymore. The historical records are on the 'net and in books for anyone who cares to look. Fear is one hell of an effective way to control people, and we see just how sharply some folks have honed it.
I think everyone should make their own choices on these issues and be respectful towards folks who choose differently, but that would require calm, reflective thinking and adult behavior. So, fuhgeddaboutit.