| Yes, but as people 'open up' it may happen explosively as they feel more confident, leading to a material increase in cases. COVID spreads pretty easily, we've taken quite a number of measures to keep it wrapped up. If people get lazy, it will get out of hand. There's a kind of American hubris and self-belief, sometimes confused with 'courage and independence' (and sometimes not) that leads to this kind of activity. It's very easy to think 'it's not going to affect me' when problems are on the margins, especially if there are vaccines at the ready. In a way, it's a very dangerous time - even as rates start to climb, authorities may have a really hard time reeling people's behaviours in. Most Canadians are under a curfew right now and vaccines are not coming. We may not reach critical mass until Sept/Oct and there will be riots if we have to do another curfew. It's not a good situation - we need to be thinking in WW3 terms about getting those vaccines made and out. Any rich country that doesn't get it done by Sept. should re-think their status as a developed nation. |