It didn't take the government to shut down the economy, it was going to be severely hit anyway, government intervention was aimed at shortening the impact as mu

It didn't take the government to shut down the economy, it was going to be severely hit anyway, government intervention was aimed at shortening the impact as much as possible, but people really fucked that up. It was unfortunately obvious in retrospect since a large portion of society no longer lives in reality. - Elderly COVID patients being sent back to nursing homes is a great example of an early misstep and misinterpretation of rules creating a bad situation. Hopefully we can learn something from it. - A few people out there hypocritically not following the rules doesn't make the rules wrong. - Intimidated people at religious worship sounds like spin for people being unsafe and trying to claim their religion gives them the right. - Yes, the US was deliberately lied to about the severity of the virus by the US President downplaying the risks, and I'm sure others in government or media played it up. Either can be excused depending on the motives.