Saying the virus 'doesn't exist' anymore is premature and dangerous.
I should have clarified, that is the perception I have and it seems my neighbors, family and friends have. We know it didn't just go away but with the news cycle you are getting just bits of info on it now.
Come Fall, the Virus will be back and if we're not careful it'll be back with a Vengeance.
You're right, unfortunately I think people are not going into lockdown next time here in the US unless its REALLY bad. We will be too preoccupied with everything else going on anyways imo. We have an election coming up and you better believe they are going to turn the tribal partisan knob up to 12 for all parties, because its already smoking and on 11. We still have ongoing investigations behind closed doors and no more economic bailouts worth a shit to anyone who really needs it. The message is out there that governments cant quell mass civil unrest, which only shows people that they can do whatever they want as a mob and will have minimal repercussions if any at all. There is a structure everyone is used to, it IS life and how everything works here in the US. Well, everything might not work that way anymore. The world is trembling. [ Ominous metaphor ]
I'm sure the restructuring of the worlds economy is going to be reaaaal easy.
Oh, and welcome to the new cold war.
Hot topics in the background:
Chynaaa. (they dont like us, we dont like them, were both swinging our dicks around. Theyre pressing their dick against india as well)
Russia. ("We just changed our nuclear doctrine to let the world know we will use nukes against conventional attacks. For no reason.")
Middle east. (where do I start? Trying to figure our whats going on is like trying to untangle a cat stuck in a ball of yarn)
Venezuela. (Disregarding sanctions, receiving oil from Iran, which is a big no no)
Iran. (bad)