I would say that it seems as if they are waiting on what some term "the hundredth Monkey". Controlled chaos to mitigate catastrophe. They make people angry by singling each group out ( medical, gun owners, workers ) and in making them angry, those same people wake up and pay attention. If everyone woke up at the same time, complete chaos and collapse would happen too quickly. By waiting, as the natural progression of the wake up process unfolds, there will be people at differing stages that can guide and ease the final outcome. We become our own teachers and facilitators. It goes back to your post from before about shock. Some people can handle shock and stress and they do well, even thrive (firefighters, Mil, nurses etc). Some people completely freeze, therefore becoming liabilities to others. The more someone is exposed to adverse situations, they can respond with many unique outcomes. So to me, that is why they are slowing the process.