| 8:30 a.m. As confidence in a coronavirus recovery continues to grow — to the discomfort, even disappointment, of far too many lockdown advocates — it’s inevitable that resilient and freedom-hungry Americans would begin turning their attention to what comes next. It’s been a really long year. The last 12 months brought death, economic devastation and a mounting toll of woe from job losses, isolation, social deprivation, psychological turmoil and the public schools debacle. Not to mention the myriad other public health consequences of this public health crisis. The pandemic has scarred every one of us, and it’s not over yet.