 For example, you needed to get an injection to keep your job. You needed to show papers, to go to a restaurant, or to go to a concert, or even to get on a plane or train. People were cut off from even seeking solace in a house of worship. Worse, mandates were promoted by the media in a way that cultivated hostilities where no hostilities even existed before. Friendships were destroyed. In many families, you needed an injection to come to Thanksgiving dinner or see the grandchildren or even the children.