I actually put a lot of this on the fear tactics working. Particularly in places that never let up on the reigns much. I mean we all saw how easily compliant people were. Not just the total soy groups either. The list of people I know who leaned right wing but went along either without complaint or even agreed with the "safety" policy is a long one.

I think in my area it's lightened up a lot because things got very close to normal and the bodies didn't pile up. Lots of people caught it, survived, and realized it was overblown. But I'm in an area where that normalcy was allowed to happen.