For me, I knew it was a sham when it I realized there were a lot of things I could do to spend money in person (groceries, gas, big box stores, big hardware, etc.) and even visit others or walk around my neighborhood. But I couldn’t do anything to make a living.
That, and the lawless (even violent offenders) were released from jails; the homeless were exempt; and the lawful were enjoined to go into house arrest. The healthy and productive were locked away while the lawless were set free and vagrant unrestrained.