Magically, there are still some operating under the belief that “flattening the curve” meant “making the virus go away forever.” It’s not going to go away entirely, even with a vaccine, and you’re going to have to learn to continue and adapt without losing your ever-loving minds.

By all means though, don’t add for context the plummeting fatality rates, comorbidity factors, or ratio of severe to mild or asymptomatic symptoms. Such context reduces the effectiveness of an informed public.

Do the social distancing, the sanitizing, etc (I’m a germaphobe, I’ve lived this pre-pandemic) but the attempt to use uptick of reported cases due to wider testing and guideline-followed easing looks ridiculous from the same people who told everyone to join weeks-long protests.

So to reiterate: we flattened the damn curve. “Flattening" wasn’t ever about “eradicating.” It was about preventing resource overload, which didn’t happen and hospital CEOs here say isn’t happening now: https://thetexan.news/hospital-ceos-in-harris-county-push-back-against-unnecessary-alarm-over-icu-capacity/

If any politician thinks that we’re going to hysterically lock down the state again as the alternative to level-headed adaptation, full and factual information, and reasonable safeguards, you are too ridiculous be anywhere near or in government. /rant