No, I think they are expecting people to just get sick and die the way we accept automobile accidents, lax regulation on body-destroying foods, air pollution significant enough to measurably impact cognitive function, etc.

It's not like "fuck it let's just get covid" is the first obviously bad idea we've adopted to reduce our mental burdens.

Can we please stop repeating this "normal behaviour in many countries in Asia"? Because those countries still get flu and covid. Something being normal somewhere does not mean that it has any measurable effect.

Is it normal to wear a mask when you are not sick? Or is it only when you're actually sick. My understanding was, that it is something to wear if you are actually sick. Treating everyone, regardless of symptoms, as being a spreader of disease seems wrong.

Are you sure about that?

If Covid is endemic (seems certain), and seasonal colds (that happen predictably for all of human history) repeatedly create a new wave of media hysteria and political mandates every year, what's the exit strategy for ever ending this medical theater?