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 :)
Living sort of in the middle of nowhere we had about a year of.. oh.. maybe 70% compliance, and the other 30% being generally hostile to the rest of us. I got harassed 4 times myself. And of course, as predicted we now have to hear "oh well I still got covid once the restrictions lifted so it was a waste of time" incredible.
I have a younger sibling who lives with me and goes to school, and the system they had in place there worked pretty well actually. They did half in person/half remote w/ masking and hand washing the last couple years and the household didn't get sick once during that time. This year it's like every other week something is brought home.
I was really counting on masking being a cultural thing that would stick. Shoulda known