It certainly accelerated modern tyranny, however I would say it revealed who your friends/enemies are clearer than before. The entire 20th century was a massive lesson as to the dangers of demonizing a minority the establishment directs you to hate - yet what happened? A lot of people clammered to take freedoms away from the unvaxxed. They failed the test and learned nothing from the past.
You' ve made an excellent point. COVID's impact on the world is far more profound than it appears. What we have learned does not make up our loss and hope people in the next generation will learn our lesson.