Putting aside the topic of remote work. The main problem here, is that the USA, like most of the rest of the world, is applying a band-aid over a gaping wound i

Putting aside the topic of remote work. The main problem here, is that the USA, like most of the rest of the world, is applying a band-aid over a gaping wound in hopes of stopping the bleeding. Every single time we had a lockdown, or increase in restrictions, we then had the opposite happen shortly after. Restrictions were lifted arbitrarily or too soon, as well as push-back from a small minority who is either tired of how the government is/was handling the situation, in a dire living situation or being bombarded with misinformation and spreading it. Why is it that in a country as developed and with the education level of the USA, we have to incentivize people to take a drug that could save them, either from death, a horrible experience or from chronic ailments after said experience in some cases. We quite literally had states offering prize money, beer, food and other things so that people would get vaccinated. The fact that these programs had to exist in the first place is ludicrous. The fact that so many people who identify as anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers are so open about it and proudly and loudly scream it at others is in itself insane. For the first wave of COVID, the world handled it as best as it could, for how prepared it was (not very). But after so many waves of COVID spread, we're still handling it poorly, with so many wrong or unclear voices that it is staggering. I'm sorry for rambling on, but this topic is exhausting and a never ending cycle of doing without committing to it, which keeps us in the cycle.