So, “what happens next time?”
I know billions of people are presently being impacted by CV. However, I’m comfortable saying the pandemic has ended in the US. We’re in the psychological recovery period which will extend into flu season. Then what?
From now on there will always be double maskers in our society. I personally believe the government spent their capital on CV overreaction. Current generations won’t stand for another response like the last 18 months-largely acknowledged as very political rather than purely science-based.