The enormous collateral damage of the political overreaction to coronavirus pandemic

We know as a fact since about June/July of 2020 that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is fairly harmless roughly comparable to a severe influenza pandemic. Covid-19 is nothing compared to medieval plagues. However, the politicians in charge have not corrected their harsh measures imposed on citizens and businesses! The focus of political measures should have been directed towards the vulnerable by our political leaders!

This cowardice and failure/unwillingness to correct the overreaction by our political leaders is the true sickness! Total government failure for everyone to see! 

In the U.S., the pandemic was politically instrumentalized to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election! How sick is that!

We just learnt that the World Bank has estimated that about 100 million people worldwide ended up in extreme poverty due to this overreaction!

Just a few examples of the collateral damage caused by the unwarranted overreaction of our political leaders:

1. It is unknown, how many million businesses around the world have permanently shut down. The enormous loss of jobs and increase in unemployment that came with it
2. How many million people died or suffered, who were not infected, because they did not get the medical attention they needed
3. E.g. the tourism industry, one of the world's largest industries, has incurred tremendous losses

I would go so far to say that the collateral damage due to the political overreaction has been far worse than the pandemic itself!

Let's hope and pray that such political idiocy will not be repeated anymore! Lessons learnt!