Given the title I was ready to receive an article shilling yet further for the unprecedented hyper authoritarian and laughable solution to the pandemic that was pursued so joyfully by so many administrations. Lockdown and the ludicrous restrictions are utterly irrational as a response to the "crisis" that unfolded. Some of us saw this at the time and others passively allowed them and some promoted them with glee. But the article makes very good points that were apparent to many 2 years ago.<p>The level of fantasy the media and the political bodies engaged in to shore up policies that made no sense is beyond terrifying