Attempts to push the “global warming” scam failed; too many people don’t believe it at all, and too many believers didn’t want to sacrifice their personal comfort for the cause anyway.
While it was a huge effort, it didn’t lead to closing schools and workplaces (in the name of carbon emissions) the way this situation is doing (in the name of public safety). Within a very short time, this has produced a much more noticeable impact on the average American.
I agree that the Pandemic scare has had a much greater impact but it has done it with far fewer participants.
The Global Warming scam works on (and must) on a different time frame than the pandemic. The perceived threat is much more immediate. The need for action is now to prevent widespread death.
What is surprising is that the politicians have gone along with this. The Swine flu and Bird Flu threats did not provoke this kind of reaction. All of the current leaders, with the exception of Trump were in government at the time of those outbreaks.
My first thought is that GOPe and Dims are conspiring to stop a Trump second term. The economy be damned Trump must be stopped.