[UPDATE 2021-12-16 Found another, IMO even better/clearer interview with Professor Desmet:]
This Professor of psychology, thanks to his statistical skills, made early on, by April-May 2020, exactly the same observations as I did also by that time : the data on Covid impact did not concur with the established narrative on the dangers of Covid, nor the models used to predict future outcomes.
This video gives the most likely reason for why the world reacted as it did: no conspiracy, no bad intentions, but a psychological phenomenon that came about thanks to very favorable conditions.
Very worthwhile watch – in the first 20 min you get the picture.