What have we learned from the pandemic? Here is my opinion. And for a disclaimer before I get to it, I got the first two Pfizer shots, I won't be getting any boosters. Consult your doctor and I am not giving medical advise.
Here is what we have learned. Governments across the planet have covered up the origins of the virus. Is there any credible doubt that it didn't come from a Chinese lab where it was deliberately made? Have many people have died due to complications from the virus? Yes it is real. Is this virus the end-all be-all that it was billed to be? No. Have governments (looking at you Canada) used this as an opportunity to exercise power over people that they have given themselves? Oh yes they have. Do masks work? Not at all. Do lock downs work? None of them have. Was this a test run for something even more devastating like "build back better" initiatives? Probably.
I can't help but think this whole thing became about population control.
Ronald Reagan said the most terrifying words are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."