"Admiral of the Ocean Sea Christopher Columbus today announced the results of a poll of his crew regarding the time it would take to complete the voyage. Just under 58% thought it would be less than two weeks. Fully two thirds of the officers predicted this result, although fewer of the rated seamen..."
Well of course not. But I'll bet that at least 58% of the conversations, officers and men alike, were speculations on when they'd reach land.
An actual poll, released yesterday, suggests that 44% of us in America think it will be six months or more before "things return to normal," and 15% guess three months or more. So a majority of us are in for the long haul, at least until Christmas.
The same poll suggests that 2/3 of us don't think school reopenings are going well, and of that group, only half think we'll ever get it right. We're drifting in the doldrums, alright.
Oh - and by the way - the 3-month and 6-month respondents were the optimists. 27% thought that "things will never get back to normal."
People are losing faith in the new world entirely. Unfortunately, we can't turn the ship around and sail east.
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