Thread by @ZubyMusic

I've been to 9 countries and dozens of cities over the past 2.5 years and spoken with THOUSANDS of people.

So much damage caused by the stupid response to C19.

People don't truly understand how much global pain the behaviour of politicians, bureaucrats, and bootlickers caused.

People understandably focus on the local and national damage done. But it's SO much bigger than that.

BILLIONS of people were negatively impacted. In all sorts of ways.

Job losses, families torn apart, lost friendships, health damage, businesses ruined, people dying alone, etc.

Everybody has a story to tell me. In every country.

The virus did what the virus was gonna do. Not controllable. But the real pain was caused by the lockdowns, mandates, coercion, shaming, nastiness, discrimination, and segregation.

Often from 'friends', family, and employers.

What's so frustrating is we all know that none of this was necessary. It didn't even help.

All these measures did was hurt people in countless ways, destroy civil liberties, and turn citizen against fellow citizen.

Many relationships destroyed. Trust broken.

A complete sham.

This is what happens when fear takes over and people become so myopically focused on ONE threat or data point, they become blind or uncaring to everything else.

Including all other threats and human decency itself.

The virus sucked. But the RESPONSE was a global catastrophe.

There is so much pain, division, and resentment all over the world now. Everybody feels it low-key.

And very few people are willing to say, "I'm sorry". Or even, "I was wrong."

And until that happens and there is accountability, there will be no reconciliation.