> In the US, they have – at best – protected the "non-essential" class from COVID, while exposing the essential working class to the disease. The lockdowns are trickle down epidemiology.

I wish this got more attention. The whole culture around covid is really centered on comfortable office workers talking about zoom fatigue and looking down on people that break the "rules" while the people that feed them are expected to keep working as usual, follow the rules about socializing and fun that have been imposed on them, and not complain.