Opinion

Many people won’t return to normal no matter what politicians say. I’m one of them.

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — Observation these past couple of months confirms that there are two types of pandemic people: those who follow the rules and those who don’t.

How this breaks down exactly is difficult to know, though certain assumptions are fairly safe. Hardest-hit areas naturally would tend to be more attentive to social distancing, while people in states or regions with lower infection and death rates from covid-19 might understandably be less patient with government-ordered behavior modification.