The field you mention brings back memories of one of us as kids having pinecone fights (big, hard pinecones) in the backyard. We would build forts and collect buckets of them and war for hours. One brother and I invented a night version of the game - which was two campfires either side of a field and burning pinecones :D
I think the looking over the shoulder isn't a good way to manage this - it needs to be people opting into a better way of life. At the end of the day, survival of the fittest will likely run its rule. obesity is up, depression is up, crime is up, loneliness... the list goes on for the things killing us - but people are worried about covid.