If they bar us from participating in necessary things like, employment & education because of refusal to take a covid vaccine then you already know what's up.
But people have been yelling from the roof top the last 5 yrs for those who "are in the know or skeptical" to save to start small businesses (plenty of youtube channels teach you how with as low as 100$ -300$), start understanding the basics of growing food & plants, start getting educated in things pertaining to "doing for self" i.e house hold & car repairs, basics of constriction, basic coding, sustainable living methods and eating & fitness. Etc...
Im not on some gloom & doom end of the world type thinking. But I do understand life as an American is constantly changing and since 9/11 from my own observations our ability to say "no" while still being able to living life within the system is getting harder & harder. The type of Self independence & determination you would find in say... the 60's amongst the avg citizens will be a much needed skill for basic survival in the 2020s than it was necessary in the 2010s.
Hopefully this lil pause they put us on are showing people this.