Thank you for the link/info Nemo.
As time goes on, the actual data/numbers will be better able to be heard above the din of agenda.
Clearly, masks are no panacea, even given the apples-to-oranges weighing of different states on same scale.
I think our biggest concern should be the bio-weapon COVID "variants" and how our population's immunities will respond to them after wide-scale "vaccination" with what amounts to an untested gene therapy.
Having contracted COVID (a nasty three-week adventure) after following the "guidelines", preps for full, longer-term isolation are slowly being realized. As usual, money/resources are the speed governor.