Not sure if this is allowed here and I mean no disrespect to anyone’s views. However, I am curious how this transition was experienced by folks here.
In March 2020, it was quite taboo to ignore the guidelines in many places, and laws were strictly enforced. Now, the vast majority have essentially returned to “normal life”. Basically a complete 180 in right around 4 years.
Did you see this outcome coming?
Was there a tipping point?
Did your views evolve over time? Or diverge in specific ways?
As someone in the middle of the spectrum, the trajectory the pandemic took (in terms of how serious people took guidelines) seemed somewhat unsurprising and inevitable. Personally, I picked up a couple of good habits like being stringent with hand washing and never going into the office sick (regardless of illness).
Just interested in other peoples perspective on this if you care to share :)
I definitely had my skepticism about the outcome being anything desirable.
I kind of had a turning point, but I turned harder into my already strong feelings. Specifically, at the “save the economy” moment, but also when everyone around me started to use “it’s endemic” as an excuse for giving up.
My views never really changed, I did learn more which made me more anxious and cautious. Then eventually I got it and it triggered some autoimmune issues to accelerate. So now I’m as cautious as I can be.