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When this whole fiasco started months ago I could not believe how many conversations I had with people — here on FR and in my business dealings — who were dumb enough to believe that a pandemic-related lockdown could be imposed, and then easily lifted later.

I warned everyone at the time that if it extended beyond a two-week vacation, we’d end up in a permanently disrupted state and would never return to “normal” for two reasons:

1. Many employees who could work at home would refuse to come back to their workplaces.

2. Employers who could have their staff work remotely would first keep them home to protect against lawsuits, then would keep them home permanently to eliminate the cost of having a workplace of any kind.

As many of you know—We work in the outdoor entertainment industry., ie fairs and festivals. This has put a severe crimp in our earning capacity. Hundreds of thousands are in my same situation in our industry across the country. We are trying everything from virtual fairs to website....NOT THE SAME...We are doing the WA State Fair (Puyallup) starting next Friday. If anyone wants further information to meet us during our live portion of the event—PM me and I will pass along the links.

Agree, the days of spending an hour or two, or three, ‘commuting’ to work are about over, at least for office-type jobs, at least as we knew it.

My thinking is that companies will figure out that it’s still important that teams get together on a regular basis (after the virus), so they’ll divide up their workforce into 4 groups, and have each group show up for one week per month, using shared office space (you wouldn’t have a personal desk with a picture of your kids on it). So, yes, there will still be offices, but only 25% of what we had pre-virus. Everything will be a lot different!

The lock down could have been ended very quickly. In fact, millions of Americans were clamoring for it. Businesses were begging for the end of it. Parents were pleading for the end of it.

But - that wasn't "The Plan."

It was supposed to be two, maybe three weeks to "Flatten the Curve" and not overwhelm the medical infrastructure.

When the state governors and mayors saw there was almost zero push back from the White House, the Dept of Justice, state legislatures, the courts, or any other Federal agencies -- they knew they had unlimited powers and were now essentially dictators.

As days turned into weeks, it became obvious that the states could inflict mask edicts, pick winners and losers of who could operate (i.e. weed shops, liquor stores, and abortion mills GOOD, churches BAD), and impose unconstitutional "laws" with a sweep of their pens.

President Trump tweeted a lot, and appeared on camera every single day with Fauci and Birx talking about ventilators and delivery trucks.

And our fate was sealed.