I think a lot of that will depend on what kind of post-mortem analysis of the past year is eventually accepted and reported by the MSM before this November/December.jalanlong wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:32 am So if WiseOne is correct and cases spike this winter, what is everyone's opinion on our response? Given that vaccinations will have been available for almost a year at that point, life returning to normal and also people seeing the aftermath of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages etc, does the public have the appetite to go back to lockdowns, masks and distancing rules again? Or will the media even report on the spike in cases? Will we even be doing the constant testing and reporting of "cases" any longer? Any guesses?
If the idea that the lockdowns and mask mandates were overkill doesn’t become mainstream by this coming winter, then I think the next flu season will at least bring a resurgence of mask mandates in blue states. Maybe not full lockdowns, but almost certainly masks.
Red states probably won’t put up with any of that nonsense again.