You nailed it - fear has been rampant since before anybody got jabbed. Saw it in the stores with little old ladies screaming at cashiers and people literally shaking when they rounded a corner and came face-to-face with me. Their first act was to check the floor to see who wasn’t following the direction signs. It was hilarious at first, but became sad as time went on.
Yknow that might be the one good thing thats come out of this hoax. I remember from when I was younger that people in stores were able to navigate as individuals to find what they needed and were relatively considerate of everyone around them. Everyone minding their own business and just generally trying to stay out of each others way. Then certain groups became more common in our area.
One group was able to follow normal traffic rules and walked single file so as to not cause too many problems in the store but always felt the need to shop in small groups. They werent much of a problem but did tend to slow everyone else down.
Then there was another group that felt that hunting down a wily box of cereal was a tribal effort. It required no less than 8 people in the hunting party and to make sure that the box of cereal couldnt run past them they always felt the need to take up the entire aisle while being aggressive toward each other and trying to scare everyone else away from their hard won kill.
These groups disappeared from our stores early on in the plandemic. Just individual shoppers trying to avoid each other. It was nice while it lasted.