It is already starting to happen... in red states.
Normal can come back if leaders do the right thing and start to discuss what a proper evaluation of risk means. Also, honest discussions around net effects, not just a monomaniacal focus on one unrealistic metric (death count / eliminating the virus). Follow it all up by telling all snowflake objectors that they are going to have to be brave, that they should try not to shit themselves, dye their hair a normal color, and get a job.