Social Distancing
  (Except for protesters, rioters, and construction workers.  Also, they don't need to wear masks either.)


Americans are already a stand-offish, somewhat intra-alienated people anyway.

Social disparity has always been the norm ("George Floyd" anyone?), and most people congregate primarily with their "own kind" (as a rule), showing either disinterest or insensitivity toward anyone who lives or thinks differently from the way they and their friends/lovers/close relatives do.

Plus Americans are immensely "communication deficient" by nature.
They have this inexplicable aversion to transparency, and any kind of display of compassion or empathy toward anyone outside their personal or social sphere usually has an air of disingenuous undertones about it.

I wonder how much loyalty Trump supporters still have for the illustrious Commander-In-Chief after having pledged $2-trillion-plus in aid to "keep the American economy going" last March and April.

Definitely a 180-degree turnaround from earlier this year.
Had to suffer all those addresses on national television he gave at the time.
Surely the 'Pres is one of the most gauche speakers I've ever heard.  One wonders, with such a lack of charisma, how he manages to garner so many followers.

Are "spending cuts" still on hold, or is everything going "back to normal" enough to resume the illusions of "economic progress"?

            This New Age Of Ultra-hygienics
If there's one thing to be said about the COVID-19 pan(ic)demic it's the way so many individuals and businesses have suddenly become aware of germs, bacteria, and viruses, and of the importance of keeping things clean and wiped down.

It's like the whole culture has taken a crash course in remedial High School Biology 101.

It was only a few months ago when customers who patronized restaurants, bars, coffee shops had to brush crumbs off the table when they sat down to eat or drink.
Now the employees are wiping down tables, booths, and chairs EVERY TIME they get used, and are spraying counters and door handles with disinfectant spray constantly.

Gone, too, are the days of mindless slobs coughing and sneezing without covering their mouths and face.
Of course it's rather hard to cough and sneeze openly while wearing face masks.