In my jurisdiction at least it was hijacked for business purposes. I believe that all the lockdown stuff was necessary but after a while certain actors started to take advantage of it, for instance supermarkets selling a broad range of stuff while all regular stores had to stay shut. Hurdur supply chain.
Then there was the stockpiling of PPE, hand sanitizer. The dismissal of masks unless they were “very good” (totally ignoring collective benefit vs individual) and self testing (again ignoring aggregate benefit vs individual). As soon as particular commercial interests got their positions covered these things all of a sudden became “okay”.
Again, like I say the Covid outbreak was real. We did need to do what we could not least to safeguard medical services.
But boy did the schemers go to town once they figured out a way to get rich from it.
Still waiting for that windfall tax on the supermarkets.
Then there was the stockpiling of PPE, hand sanitizer. The dismissal of masks unless they were “very good” (totally ignoring collective benefit vs individual) and self testing (again ignoring aggregate benefit vs individual). As soon as particular commercial interests got their positions covered these things all of a sudden became “okay”.
Again, like I say the Covid outbreak was real. We did need to do what we could not least to safeguard medical services.
But boy did the schemers go to town once they figured out a way to get rich from it.
Still waiting for that windfall tax on the supermarkets.