Its much easier to handle the unknown, in those cases you error on the side of caution. Focus and you go on but what is not easy to deal with, is willful ignorance.
The US, the US economy and humanity itself would not cease to exist if everyone took time to collectively be still. This entire situation has and will continue to be prolonged because of a failure to act on one accord.
This.
A “once in a century” pandemic requires “once in a century“ measures. I don’t understand how this concept is so difficult for some people to grasp.