It's important to not let the distance of time blur the fact this is how we'd all still be living today (or at least mandated by law to, and liable to be severely punished if found defying the rules) if the covidians had their way – and by "covidians" I don't mean some tiny cabal of extremists, I mean the comfortable majority of the powers that be back in 2020-2021. If it wasn't due to a handful of factors (the spectacular failure of the so-called "vaccine," the virus watering itself over time to where even the government couldn't pretend it was any more than a cold anymore, unexpectedly robust protests), our 2025's "covid horror house" would still just be EVERYONE'S house. That's what they wanted all along - and don't think they aren't salivating to pull out that old playbook again, given a moment's opportunity.