That's the point. Maybe it was better that the "10" setting jolted the the frogs enough to jump out of the pot. If it had been kept at "7" by Republicans we might have never jumped and could have lost our jumping ability. Maybe the slap in the face, which is the Obama administration, was necessary to "wake up" the nodding citizenry.
BTW. The whole frog, 7 to 10 analogy is an excellent counter to the idiots who claim the whole thing is about race.
One of two things will happen. Either the disease will run its course and we can go about our recovery, or ....