Hi - Don't recall mentioning the situation in 2022. My note just said: ‘And in the US, lockdowns, masks, vax coercion, happened in all but a handful of US states.’

This is quite true: 40 or so states had stay at home orders in the first months of the pandemic in 2020. All states had school closures. Almost all had bar/restaurant restrictions and closures of 'non-essential' businesses. It was Florida, in the second half of 2021, that was the first state to fully reopen. Even today, masks, vaxes and boosters are mandated here and there. For example at some universities.

As for international travel, until early 2022 it was severely restricted almost everywhere. In Europe, for example, for most of 2021 you couldn’t travel unless you had proof of vaccination + a negative PCR test. In a couple of UE countries, up to last month, incoming travellers still had to provide proof of vaxing or negativity.

In many countries, there were numerous dissenters. And many citizens were disgruntled, though they didn't actually dissent. But most people simply went along with whatever the government decided.