The fact that there are "both sides" on this issue is why we are ultra-fucked. It's a fucking pandemic. A politically neutral phenomenon of nature. We should be dealing with it as rational human beings, in united fashion. Instead.....we're ass-reamingly stupid, and have decided that a virus is actually acting as a secret political agent to deceive true patriots and bring down a government.
Contrast: New Zealand, Germany, Norway, Denmark, even the UK (took 'em a few weeks, but they figured it out).....and we can go on.
It's not just that we're stupid -- it's that we're so passionately dedicated to being stupid that sets us apart.
The Houston Chronicle had a 43-page obituary section yesterday. 43 pages. That's the ONLY "side" -- reality. Reality is that hundreds of people are dying daily in our state, hundreds/thousands more are suffering lifelong injuries to lungs etc....that's reality.