They genuinely believe(d) the threat of a virus, and despite already knowing that pharma and governments have a well documented history of fraud, they still trusted them. There are years of conditioning through 'education' and media/entertainment which makes most trust 'experts'. Celebrity culture is massively used to influence peoples day-to-day decisions. We are largely docile enough where they can get away with this shit, and the surveillance state is only getting stronger, working hard to get everyone to sign-up to their agenda.

We really do live in the dumbest of times.