All of this could have been prevented to the extent to what it has all become. I don't deny the virus but it was turned into something that it is not and I am horrified of these jabs and what we know thus far and the unknown ahead of us.
The virus could not have been prevented. Hungary closed their border and succeeded until last fall. Then they got slammed. Taiwan succeeded until a month ago and is now starting to get over their first wave with a lockdown and zero-privacy tracking and tracing. Pretty simple choice for the people of Taiwan: get COVID and accept 0.2% mortality of their entire population. Or get vaccinated with an effective vaccine (not Chinese).
The third choice is isolation and 100% tracking and tracing, along with cultural uniformity and obedience to authority (which does not exist here).