There's one difference though: back then there was a lot more uncertainty about just how bad things would get. When the curves were trending upwards, we didn't

There's one difference though: back then there was a lot more uncertainty about just how bad things would get. When the curves were trending upwards, we didn't know how far they would go. I read somewhere that the definition of a pandemic being over is not when it's not dangerous anymore, it's when it stops being unpredictable.