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It wasn't the 'pandemic' that changed people's personalities, it was the actions taken by an overbearing government that did it.
We're basically social animals as adults and even more so as children, yet we were isolated and then quarantined. Businesses were shut down depriving people of their livelihoods, people were forced to wear masks that covered their facial expressions, extended family ties were severed, our travel was restricted, people were stressing over food shortages caused by the isolation policies, we had experimental drugs forced on us with the threat of loss of income and freedom if we didn't comply, and to top it off, you removed the faith we had in our doctors, some of the most trusted and respected individuals in our society.
No, it wasn't the so-called pandemic, it was the knee-jerk reaction by the government that caused our personalities to change.