I briefly went on Twitter the other day, and someone I respect otherwise was asking why we can't have a middle ground between "COVID hysteria" and "conspiracy theories." My answer is that there is no middle ground. The COVID hysteria on the part of the media, the government, and the "experts" was so great that the only answer is to be found in looking for a deliberate malignant desire to subjugate the people (versus just your regular old incompetence and greed). The first bred, in a very predictable manner, the second, however true or fantastical it may be.