Kevin Drum points out a mistake that this country seems to be making over and over with regard to COVID-19…
…time after time, we ignore it. We see that the case count is declining and start opening things up well before the count is even in the general neighborhood of zero. When the case count begins to plateau, we look the other way and hope that it's just a blip. When it becomes clear that it's not a blip, we shrug because, hey, there's nothing we can do about it now.
People who are in a rush to say, "The Pandemic is over! Open everything back up! Stop wearing masks and let's party!" will keep it going way longer than necessary.