where does that leave us?

[GoodTaste]

Two years of covid-19: What we’ve learned during the pandemic so far
It's now been two years since Chinese authorities first informed the World Health Organization about an unknown virus in Wuhan. How has our understanding of the virus changed since then and where does that leave us?

Source: New Scientist

Does "that" refer to the way of our understanding of the virus that changed since then?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.

Does "that" refer to the way of our understanding of the virus that changed since then?

Not quite. It refers to the fact that our understanding has changed, rather than the way it has changed.

 

[jutfrank]

I'd say it refers to our current (i.e., 'changed') understanding of the virus.

 

[GoodTaste]

Does "where does that leave us?" mean "what position does the understanding make us to stand"?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Does "Where does that leave us?" mean "What position does the understanding make us to stand put us in?"?