Not sure if this is allowed here and I mean no disrespect to anyone’s views. However, I am curious how this transition was experienced by folks here.
In March 2020, it was quite taboo to ignore the guidelines in many places, and laws were strictly enforced. Now, the vast majority have essentially returned to “normal life”. Basically a complete 180 in right around 4 years.
Did you see this outcome coming?
Was there a tipping point?
Did your views evolve over time? Or diverge in specific ways?
As someone in the middle of the spectrum, the trajectory the pandemic took (in terms of how serious people took guidelines) seemed somewhat unsurprising and inevitable. Personally, I picked up a couple of good habits like being stringent with hand washing and never going into the office sick (regardless of illness).
Just interested in other peoples perspective on this if you care to share :)
I don’t know what country you live in, but that definitely wasn’t the case in America.
It was in my neck of the woods (lib central) which just made the inevitable betrayal sting even more. Like, I remember late in 2021 feeling like shit when I popped into a liquor store and realized halfway through that in a rare lapse in concentration I'd forgotten my mask and was the only person not masked up in the store. And that was because I (and the people around me) had correctly internalized that universal masking was about protecting the community, not just ourselves. Amazing how quickly everyone was to change their tune once Diamond Joe said the coast was clear, evidence be damned.