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 :)
Yes, everyone here predicted this would happen because the narrative from the start from those in power (businesses and politicians who work for capitalism, not the people) has been "Don't let the cure be worse than the disease." They did the bare minimum locking down and abandoned it as soon as they could get away with it.
They planned to sacrifice millions to keep the money flowing to the top. The rest of us died, had our lungs crippled and so on, while the rich made record profits off of death and neglect. This was a genocide of the working class through willful neglect.