It's because everyone is in denial of the ongoing nature of it also lies a lot about how they experienced the early days of the pandemic. You cannot reckon with reality while refusing to engage with it and rewriting history, you just can't.
I know this is kind of whiney & each generation had similar events, but it does feel markedly different in that there’s been zero recovery, even a temporary one— or a promise of one. We don’t even get a false rebound like the Obama years. It’s just a steep never-ending landslide.