Mary C.
You hit the nail on the head, Louise! It was an exercise in control of the population, to see how we would react, who would comply (and punish those who didn't, in various ways). Now we know the rules had no basis and we won't play the game again, if we are smart.
Our MD told all his patients not to get the Covid vax, that it was/is the most dangerous vaccine ever to hit the market. The patients who did not follow his advice paid a price. We're in our 80'1, got covid, took our MD's protocol and recovered in short order. I went from utterly miserable to watching TV on the couch is less than 48 hrs. Long hail Hydroychloroquine, forbidden to allow grant money for the vax. (if there is an effective med already available they couldn't get funds to develop/market their awful vax.)
Viruses have always been with us and always will be. We need to let them run their course. Each one morphs into a new one. No two colds or flus are the same virus. Fear and pharma are not our friends.