[soundman98]

Originally Posted by cjd

Yes. Pretending it's not an issue. Creating rules preventing places from enforcing safe-guards (anti-mask-mandate stuff). Insisting on "getting back to normal" when it's not time. I'm appalled at the behavior of some governors; I was equally appalled at the CDC "no mask if you're vaxxed" guideline earlier this year. Social organization and collaboration is what has allowed 'humans' to do some pretty amazing things; in this case, these actions are ignoring the health of that society as a whole. Like favoring an injury and pretending it's not there can lead to other injuries.

i feel it's important to note here that locale plays a part. i don't know exactly how new york is reacting overall, but indiana especially is treating this very lax, and is almost siding with the anti-vax more than the vax. in my area on the border, it's really creating a number of hostilities towards anyone that supports the vaccine, or businesses that require masks. being near chicago, we experienced a significant 'white flight' over the last number of years where everyone moved to indiana to get away from chicago's county taxes. as such, there's a lot of crossing between the state lines, and many consider themselves 'part of chicago', but live in indiana. chicago just re-enacted the mask rules, and it's creating quite a stir. the towns surrounding me were some of the first to repeal the mask rules, specifically from heavy anti-vax mobs(very much a "WELL THEY DID IT, WHY CAN'T WE" mentality everywhere here), and a lot of it has to do with being on the edge of 2 states with very different problems, and concepts of dealing with it, but with people attempting to ignore all of that and have an expectation of doing everything exactly the same across the state line.