What did the covid pandemic taught you

It made me realise I couldn't trust the UK government (or any government). I have a Spanish/Brazilian background, so was used to not trusting the corrupt governments in Latin countries, but I had always thought "The UK is different."

I don't trust the official BBC line, I absolutely reject the "alternative media" nonsense. My gut feeling is the only thing I feel I can go off these days, and that is: it's a power-grab of some sort. Before, people were criminalised if we did something bad, e.g. robbed a bank, murder, etc - we weren't punished for "not doing" something (except taxes, but I've yet to meet anyone who thinks highly of those). Now, we can be criminalised for not dressing a certain way (masks), not keeping away from people, for doing normal things like hanging out with friends.