I live in Texas and am surprised by the people upset about this. A lot of businesses will probably still require masks. Honestly the main problem is that they have scared people for so long with the hysteria that now they think masks save them from everything.
Of course there are people saying “but he isn’t following the science!”
Honestly If you can’t see that the virus will spread regardless of lockdowns or masks. If you are high risk take further precautions
My dad said that when you scare people and treat this like some zombie apocalypse then of course you will have people terrified once mandates are lifted. Media is responsible for the fear mongering. At least partly responsible
I have also started to believe there is some Sunk Cost ideas going into it. These people did what they were told, saw their lives ruined, their usual hangouts and business going bust, and then their cities destroyed. Meanwhile, states like Texas and Florida didnt lockdown nearly as hard, their local lives are still largely intact, and now they are saying "We are done and going back to normal."
So they rage and scream because they have to believe that they ruined their lives for SOMETHING, otherwise they will have ruined their lives for nothing and its their own faults. And that is unacceptable to them.
See also every childless, hideous, over 40 feminist harpy.
And the media will never be held responsible for any hysteria they caused.
*Whistles the Punisher theme"
Entirely. They had to make it political to accomplish a goal and it went entirely as planned.