I traveled mostly the southern US from Dugway Proving Grounds to Puerto Rico including everything from Texas to Florida.
No one in the Southeast in the places I saw were at all scared of COVID. Hell, Universal's water park was packed in late June 2020. Zero fear.
I did see real fear and real stupidity at airports. One lady in Utah was DEEPLY upset by someone standing too close to her in the boarding line. UNREAL.
Puerto Rico - as close to a BLUE state as I visited. Empty beaches, no tourists, nightly curfews, etc. The people were fine, but tourism was their lifeblood.
Dugway - let's just say DARPA people in May 2020 weren't wearing masks when having conversations on remote parts of the base. Mind you, one had to wear a silly mask to get on the base and was supposed to wear one everywhere.
The deep MAGA people I saw were living life during Covid. They were not cowards and not supportive of the lockdowns because in rural America they did not have them.
African Americans are smart enough to remember the government using them as guinea pigs and I have friends whose grandparents were used for experiments.
Plus, MAGA can see through bullshit just like the original Total Recall when that guy started sweating. Deblasio offering free burger, other state lottery tickets, and on and on. As Reagan said, "Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help"......