It affected my life too. I build a brand new building with massive bills coming in, and my business was shut down for almost 3 months. No production at all. New building, new home, and a 2 and 5 year old at home with me all day. Wanna talk about stress? It happens. I lost quite a bit of money due to politics, but here we are. The Covid thing was such a left field occurrence that screwed us all. It completely divided the country politically, turned the dumbest of people into scientists, false news, hoax, etc.
politics wasn’t going to help so we pick up and move on. You are correct though. Covid was the one issue that really did directly affect us, but what a wild situation. I’m beyond it while some aren’t , but I wouldn’t blame any of my success or failures going forward on politics.