Sounds like you may be from California - I am - and Orange County has apparently succumbed to the view that the virus is more political conspiracy that practical science. It crept in through that narrow opening between political rightness and survival. Where, if the ideas are saving your life, does it matter who is saying them?

You should check out videos by Dr. John Campbell, on YouTube. Excellent straightforward analysis on virus, trends, what is working and so on.

Masks work. Check the stats.

Good article.