It really is remarkable how completely unwilling to deal with predictable developments most western politicians were. Everyone knew there would be a second wave. https://t.co/mSojr7bT6q

— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) October 25, 2020

Everyone with any intelligence knew. But that’s not that many, politician or not. A resurgence was inevitable when people started returning indoors again, especially as everyone is utterly exhausted by lockdowns — as they very well should be.

The predictable has occurred, and there will still be too many squirming from the walls to cry, “Who could have known?”