Hey, @macoolette.
Lots of questions all around about the way the pandemic has been handled.
I don't the know answers, exactly, to why things are being let up now, especially in areas where the number of cases continue to rise. What I do wonder about, though, is how many people are actually being tested, so we know the percentage of those who are testing posting versus negative, and then, how were they tested—not all tests are for COVID-19 specifically, but most are for the coronavirus antibodies in general. So, people can be counted as having the new virus when in reality, it's possible they didn't.
There's less known than the unknowns at this point, and everyone wants to jump to a conclusion, or be the one with the definitive answer, while in the meantime letting a lot of misinformation and speculation make the rounds. Things could have and should have been treated much differently. The question is why this time?
And I agree with you, this is not normal, and I don't think we should just accept it without some major scrutiny.
RE: The new normal life that I detest