Part of the problem is that the lockdowns were inconvenient and their effectiveness at slowing the initial spread made it easy for conspiracy theorists and extr

Part of the problem is that the lockdowns were inconvenient and their effectiveness at slowing the initial spread made it easy for conspiracy theorists and extremists to argue that it was all fake. Now that the government has been pressured (in part by lawsuits from conservatives, business owners and extremists) to open back up, we're seeing aggressive spread combined with people convinced that the lockdown was a scam to begin with. Going to be hard to put together another lockdown when we need it...