Frankly, I was surprised that Covid wasn’t exploited more for this end.
With a digital currency, the IRS, government intel, and law enforcement, can track you down to the very last cent. With a digital currency, the big financial institutions have essential ownership of all you money, all the time, and in most cases it simply swashes back and fourth between banks but always staying on their books. In many cases, the big financial institutions can charge more in fees etc.
This is a win-win for government and the big financial institutions.
The virus wasn't as powerful as they had planned. The pandemic was over before they could implement all their plans for total control.
Look for CoVid-24 to come along or some other virus we never heard of.......................