The “powers that be” are saying we are never going back and have pretty much kept us under their tight grip since March 1. Yet You say we are going back to normal. Do you know something the rest of us do not know?
I know the spirit of the American people, and while many were tolerant of drastic measures when little was known about this pandemic and there was pervasive fear of mass casualties, the reality has since been progressively setting in and that tolerance has waned significantly.
Add a vaccine to the mix and what remains of that fear evaporates along with any remaining tolerance for the mitigation measures put in place. Already, even in places like California and New Jersey, you see many examples of people completely disregarding what they’ve been told to do. When those fights go to the courts, the people have typically won over the government. Time is not on the government’s side and whatever arguments they may be making today for why they should be given wide latitude by the courts due to public health concerns go right out the window once a vaccine has eliminated SARS-CoV-2 from the population.
In the end, economic concerns will trump all others. James Carville got it exactly right in 1992 when he said on TV “It’s the economy, stupid!” That’s also why I have very little doubt President Trump will win re-election. Our economy took a huge hit, mostly thanks to the terrible mismanagement from governors in mostly blue states. Who do the American people trust can help restore our economy? It sure isn’t Biden.