I so agree with you. We were put on high altert about COVID with the Media Frenzy on every channel. It put "fear" into a lot of people and pushed many into the "fright or flight" mode. Fear is paralyzing, especially to the already sick and elderly. People began to stay home more. Churches closed and so did schools. We lost a lot of communication with others. Children suffered depression from staying at home. There are 2 things in this world that we need: 1) To be loved & 2) To be needed. We need to be hugged on by friends/famly and loved ones. We need to be around others. Those that had COVID (Rightly so....I was one of them) isolated from others until they were better. My entire family (we all had COVID at different times) isolated ourselves into one room to keep the other family from contracting COVID. Reading My Bible and praying kept me sane as I was the sickest one and isolated the longest. Cards sent to me and meals dropped off at the door for us was such a blessing. Mask wearing for me is torturous due to having asthma & long COVID, but, I still do it out in public & doctor visits due to my lowered immune system and the uptick in COVID now. I pray for God to remove this virus from our world. We have never been through anything like this and we are still reeling from this today and are still not back to normal. I pray life returns back to pre-COVID days for us all. God Bless You & praying for you all.