What are you talking about? In most of the world, the economy quickly went into steep recessions and governments had to spend substantial resources propping up private enterprise. Mall traffic plummeted; Instacart and food delivery services took off; restaurants closed permanently; air traffic shrank to the point that we don't have sufficient staff and now have quotas at the busiest airports on passenger traffic . In Bangkok, you can walk down Silom Street and see the ravages of Covid on commerce. At times, I could get on the BTS and have the place to myself. You can still go in the dining hall in BangRak and the place is deserted at 6pm because people are staying away from mass gatherings. You must be living in some sort of small village of 10-20 people. Either that or your powers of observation are minimal, at best. Thankfully, we seem headed in the right direction now but not without significant damage, some of it unnecessary, I'm sorry to say.