When the first deals started closing again, who would have won the deals? The company that stayed home for 12 months? or the company that continued working for

When the first deals started closing again, who would have won the deals? The company that stayed home for 12 months? or the company that continued working for 12 months? Imagine swimming hard against a strong current. You get nowhere (or maybe even go backwards slightly!), but when the current changes you make a lot of progress. If you don't swim at all, you go backwards. When the current changes, you may get to where you were at the start.