30,000 Americans were surveyed about several topics regarding what we can expect in the future given where we are in the "deep end of the pandemic pool" with an average of 3,000 people dying each day from the coronavirus. I have to admit that even with the now 400,000 deaths from the virus that I expected people would just be wishing the virus to disappear so we could get back to normal.
It appears that people are much more realistic about the immediate future. I'm hopeful that mask wearing by the public and social distancing can continue as the vaccine rollout continues.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
