taking reasonable precautions (masks, quarantine if exposed) to protect others foremost and also yourself and thereby save lives. And oh yeah, consistent national leadership would've been and still would be very helpful.

And 'nothing changed?' Nothing except the first global pandemic in a century. And there's this, too: nobody knows the long-term effects of this virus. Already there is great concern about permanent cardiac damage even in young asymptomatic people. And nobody knows why a significant minority of people continue to suffer debilitating symptoms many months after first contracting the virus.