This is not just the people getting used to wearing mask. This is the government having an existing plan to actually combat a pandemic. The response of most We

This is not just the people getting used to wearing mask. This is the government having an existing plan to actually combat a pandemic. The response of most Western governments have been shambolic: here in the UK the government didn't start doing widespread randomised COVID tests until August, and even when they did the results covered such a big area that were practically useless. For most of 2020 we simultaneously received news similar to "South Korea locks down this district of Seoul after a lot of people tested positive for COVID in a party last night" and "the UK government is considering a country-wide lockdown in the next few weeks because the amount of people being treated for COVID in hospitals". The difference in prevention infrastructure and planning were embarrassing.