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Depending on where you're from the answer differs greatly. But a very simple (and most likely a wrong one) is that no matter the circumstances, it takes a preponderance of bad outcomes to shift quickly on policies.

And the policymakers for the most part, have not shifted in the past several years. In the USA, Biden has pretty much carried forward the policy from Trump and Dr. Fauci is still the director of the CDC during this time. If national policy and sentiment were to change the biggest sentiment would be to change the CDC director.

The election was just last year. Now, regardless of the reason why individuals voted for them, politicians feel as if their winning means to move forward on all parts of their agenda. One of the biggest reasons for Trump's loss is how COVID was handled. So the direction that this administration has is to handle COVID differently than Trump, which means, do more to combat COVID.

In the USA, I would not expect anything major to come out at the national level with regards to COVID. VA just had a shift happen with the governor's race (I live in VA) and VA might be a barometer for what changes can happen at a local level.

And sadly, I do think I have to tie my expectations more with politics than science or data.