Not only did they never pay a professional price, they were ultimately rewarded and given the keys to the gov to inflict more harm with their dangerous and misguided policies.

Beat me to it. Exactly so.

Instead all Americans are now paying the price with these reckless health policy decisions

I know people who have had Covid twice. So much for herd immunity.

It wasn't called a "novel" coronavirus for nothing. It is new - still is - we needed to be humble. It has behaved in a way we weren't accustomed to. It's not even a "respiratory" illness (yes in via lungs but can hit ANY cell which is why it's so damaging and why we must proceed with caution).