I think the virus was engineered to have this effect, and be the scapegoat for the economic collapse which has been in the cards since 2008 and longer. It's real, but as Rahm Emmanuel admitted back then, the government will always use a crisis to their benefit and pass laws that wouldn't have been possible before. They're at it again/still.
The threat is real, and it's likely that we do have to be careful over the next few weeks. That said, we can't be forced into our homes, patrolled with drones, and threatened with mandatory vaccines. This lockdown has to be time-limited and the government powers have to be rescinded asap.