My home and yard were never better-cared for, and I got a new dog.
Also lost whatever tolerance I ever had for assholes, as their abscense was Fabulous!

I was over 50 when the lock downs began, I adapted.
I looked after my family as best I could.
I observed social distancing
I wore a mask around people I did not know
I had the astra venica vaccine twice I was fine
I took a pfizer vaccine booster I was sick as a dog for a couple of weeks, I got over it
I was tested twice a week in order to help care for an elderly relative in care, I was always negative
I never caught covid 19 nor did anyone in my immediate family.

I learned two things as a result of the lock downs

1. You cannot trust politicians, most are corrupt and many are stupid
2. Just as I had always suspected, I discovered that most people are frightened stupid monkeys screaming at what they don't understand, or sticking their heads up their own arses in the hope that what they don't see won't hurt them, as a result making a serious problem in to a religious, social, medical and political crisis of the kind that ALWAYS inevitably leads to extremist views, ideologies and war.
   This is my lived experience
   My cognitive state was not effected because I was already living and coping with mental health problems.
   My determination?
   That the majority of the human race are a bunch of superstitious, vicious shit for brain arseholes who are now suffering the consequneces of their own actions and are dragging the rest of us along their self created river of excrement, screaming "See, I was right" as they spin down the drains to drown in in to the sewers of their own self righteous arrogance..

I gained 30 pounds..... Lost most of it now!

The collective response to COVID has demonstrated the cognitive impairment of dumbasses processing scientific information. Lockdowns and masking were stressful but better than people dying from something much worse than flu. People learned to work remotely and found too much time on their hands to engage with poorly educated twits attempting to convey bullshit ideas of how microbiology and immunity actually works on social media. Ivermectin is great for worm infestation not viruses. Don’t consume bleach or shove a UV light bulb up your ass. People who engaged in those stupid behaviors were afraid of a shot? Seriously? The shots helped eliminate the need for isolation.

Before the arrival of the shots I exercised hoping that being more fit would help me survive infection. I read a bunch about immunology and virology which engaged my mind and taxed my memory capacity. That may have exercised my brain and critical thinking skills, especially dealing with bullshit mongers like you on this site.

The stress in the first year was salient. Chronic cortisol production could have impacted people physiologically. A pandemic was happening. People were dying. Society was eating itself and becoming less civil as misanthropic antivaxxers and conspiracy theorists capitalized on fear of the ignorant.

I worked from home for two years, grew beard, ate at home, totally avoided restaurant food, never got Covid and saved a lot of money on outside eating, car gas and improved health with more and regular exercise. Overall, the experience helped me financially and physically.