I agree there should have been precautions and some level of lockdown.
And I disagree that the government sent elderly people to care homes to infect others. Bed blocking was and is a major problem and it was not odd that hospitals sent people back home to their care homes that they lived in, if they were medically ok. In hindsight we may say they should have been tested for covid, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
However, the level of restrictions was ridiculous. There are questions to be answered about banning people from exercising with others outdoors in small groups.
There are questions to be answered about the conduct of local councils who rushed out to tape up park benches, close down kids' play area and block off car parks. All we wanted was for them to continue to empty the bins and care for the vulnerable - the things we pay our council tax for them to do.
There are questions to answer about saying "you can't go more than x miles from home" (not in England but in other parts of the UK) and closing off borders within a small country like the UK.
There are questions to answer about the impact of lockdown on other healthcare, education, domestic violence and of course the murder of Sarah Everard which would not have happened in other circumstances.
It was obvious all along that many of the rules were utter nonsense but lets not forget how many MNers took to them with gusto and told people on here that they should not be going out to buy newspapers or Easter eggs and if you drove anywhere for a walk you were going to have an accident or break down and kill the people who had to help you.
You can say you hope there will be lessons learnt but other countries have overreacted even more eg with the vaccine passports. We've had them in England for larger crowded events, but other countries require them for buying a coffee or getting a haircut. And then there's the fun of wearing a mask outside.
I could write a book 
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