[ppf]

> A pandemic of toxic individualism

Given the social constraints that the various lockdown measures imposed on us, I would argue that you are correct, but not for the reason you think. The response to the pandemic has, in a toxic and damaging way, turned us into atomised and isolated individuals.

Those demanding freedoms back, are actually requesting that we return to an integrated, social society.

[beaconstudios]

I'm not sure I'd describe 2019 as an integrated, social society. "ships passing in the night" might be a more accurate description.

[ppf]

I agree with you. It would seem that the response to Covid has rapidly accelerated all that was going wrong with society, while largely halting all that was going well.

[papito]

Are these the same people who insist that scientists are lying dirtbags and are trying to implant these freedom lovers with tracking devices?

[ppf]

You do yourself, and intellectual curiosity, a great dis-service when you paint with strokes that broad.