[OtomotO]

Scared people.

You can sell them almost anything. A tactic heavily used in politics all around the world ;-)

And back then a lot of us were scared.

[OutOfHere]

Scared but also misinformed, as Covid never spread by touch.

[10729287]

Well. Easier to say now than back in the days when being careful when touching anything was government guidelines almost everywhere.

[OutOfHere]

That's true, although those government guidelines were not rooted in any evidence at the time. They were speculative.

Now for example, we know for a fact that monkeypox spreads through touch and physical contact, but still most people don't take action to safeguard against it.