The problem with Covid wasn't the shutting down, nor the trying to stay separated. We did have a new strain of influenza that was deadly to many people, and caused others to be hospitalized for extended periods, overwhelming our medical infrastructure.
The problem with Covid was, there was no uniform Federal govt. response to it. It varied state by state, there was no leadership from Trump on it, because Trump is a fraud who just works for Wall Street. Had Trump done the right thing and shut things down until we figured out what Covid really was, then Trump's owners on Wall Street would have lost trillions.
Then, instead of doing a collective shutdown, which Trump could have done using the NDA, Trump allows small business to crumble with state mandated shutdowns and no backing by the Federal Govt. Then Trump bails out Blackrock, the most evil entity on the planet, with our tax dollars, which causes the massive inflation we are still dealing with 6 years later.
Trump handed Covid as badly and chickenshit-like as possible. HIs friends on Wall Street made trillions off his policies and the rest of us still suffer to this day.