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 :)
We have unironically gone full nurgle cult, and everyone I talk to sees nothing strange about suddenly knowing many people who have died young, or had strokes. I bring up covid, they say it's just being blown out of proportion. Like motherfucker, a million people died in the US, BEFORE they stopped counting like a year ago. It feels like I'm going insane, but I know I haven't. I'm watching millions of others go insane. I think for many of them, internalizing that we have been left to die so that line could go up would break them.
Who are you going to believe, the hegemonic narrative that aligns what you wish were true, or your lying eyes?