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TaylorHeinicke posted...

But who in California/LA/San Francisco wants to hear that we don't need masks? It all comes back to how areas like this (California/San Francisco/LA/etc) would absolutely want to hear that we NEED masks, yes?

I just don't understand the geography and how she has this audience of people who allegedly want to hear that we don't need masks, without acknowledging the fact that LA/California have/had some of the strongest lockdowns/mandates in the country.

It's possible my word vomit doesn't make sense but hopefully you can see where I'm getting hung up; a woman with a strong voice holding a prominent position in California at a university ISN'T getting roasted by her base for saying we don't need masks, when one would think people in that base WOULD be roasting her because that's not what they want to hear.

Anti-mask attitudes are far from limited to stereotypical red states. Plenty of apolitical or even left-leaning people vocally despise / flout Covid restrictions; these are the types who were eager to follow the rules at first, but gleefully declared 'mission accomplished' in the early-2021 dip between the first wave and Delta, and will continue to do so like clockwork with every dip into the foreseeable future. I tend to call these sorts 'Covid-casuals' (because 'covidiot' in this case is not only borderline-TOS breaking if it happens to be directed at a fellow CEman, it's also a little unfair).