When one uses critical thinking, and truly follows science- as opposed to talking media heads and politicians- all of the science points to the same answer:

COVID Vaccines don't make a difference for 99.7% of the population.

March 2020: lockdowns begin, intended for 2-3 weeks to "stop the spread"
2020 continues... still locked down to "flatten the curve"- save healthcare workers and hospitals from being overburdened with patients (more treatments starting to be discovered and known to work)
And continues... Treatments are working, vitamin D is good for you, exercise is good for you, no vaccines, infection rates stalled or declined. Lockdowns continue.
And continues... Use a Mask now, supply chain is still impacted and hospitals "can't get n95 masks", but everyone should buy masks now! No gatherings! No family! The vaccines are coming in December, but Trump made them with his own saliva, they won't work! We won't force anyone to get a vaccine or have vaccine passports. Lockdowns continue.
January-March 2021: Once you can get the vaccine, do it! It works! (but we really have no idea if it works because studies were exceedingly brief with small numbers and we unblinded them so all of the data we collected before is useless for tracking long term effects) Lockdowns continue
2021 continues... More restrictions, Science still doesn't prove that vaccines work so well to support the narrative of mass vaccination or vaccine mandates. Lockdowns continue
FDA approves vaccine, but you'll never find the FDA approved vaccine at the pharmacy. They're still handing out the experimental one. Governments begin vaccine mandates. Corporations begin vaccine mandates. Breakthrough cases occur with vaccine- you can still get COVID with the vaccine. You can still spread COVID with the vaccine. You can still die from COVID with the vaccine. The experimental vaccine is killing otherwise healthy individuals with no other conditions. Young, otherwise healthy individuals getting the vaccine are also getting myocarditis, a lifelong condition that is known to shorten your lifespan. Lockdowns continue
2021 continues... Mass Firings of Medical Doctors and Nurses who refuse to get the vaccine. Hospitals shut down. No medical emergencies? No hospitals being overrun by COVID cases? No Pandemic?
Edit: I forgot to add in the part about vaccine passports being required in order to "return to normal", thus restricting the ability for freedom of commerce.