would be as the equivalent of those who said how dire public health would be from coronavirus.

The dire economy is here. We are in it. We are living it. There was no exaggeration. People knew what would happen when you shut things down like this, and it's playing out exactly as predicted.

On the other hand, the predicted numbers of how bad the effects of COVID would be are an exaggeration compared to where we are. Those predicted numbers were used to convince everyone why it was justified to drop a nuclear bomb on all our livelihoods. It was also used to start a giant social shaming campaign to get communities to shame and rat out anyone who didn't fall in line. It was used as justification for a massive flex of government power (and indirectly a monstrously big spending package).

So the false equivalency is comparing those who predicted a dire economy with those who predicted dire public health. One has happened. The other has not happened to the same level.

You can drop the "sovereign citizen" label because I've never followed that movement.

I am however, extremely leery of government overreach, especially in times of emergency, and I still hold that the reaction has been disproportionate to the issue and there should be accountability for those who have pushed this reaction given the damage they've caused.

In the balance between civil rights and public safety (and yes, there is a natural conflict between those two) the pendulum swung too far in the public safety direction. Not just in a best efforts sort of way, but in a way that has been reckless and irresponsible by many political leaders. I don't trust them and they have overstepped their bounds.