We don’t have the will to beat the virus

The truth is, we do not have the will as a country to make the relatively tiny sacrifices (masks, no huge gatherings) to make this pandemic go away. That is why we just passed 5 million cases. That is why we can't resume normal lives.

— Peter King (@peter_king) August 10, 2020

So much of the political response to the virus has boiled down to "I want this thing [schools, football, a functioning economy, etc] but I am unwilling to do the work necessary to have the thing."

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 10, 2020

What I have learned in 2020 : During a pandemic, entire societies are held captive by the immovable certainties of its dumbest citizens.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 10, 2020

I was sort of the opposite, LOL. I kind of assumed during that time Americans wouldn't put up with the sort of lockdowns they had in China. Then by March I thought lockdowns would last a few weeks then it would be a real struggle to get people to abide by them after that. https://t.co/0OyayYIEEq

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 22, 2020