I heard zeta is a real B.. for anyone living in a state in lockdown.. they should take a trip to one that isn't. It's a different world. Georgia.. seeing some spikes but nothing that isn't manageable.. and that includes the small county where my brother lives (who had COVID). Florida.. oh Florida.. we moved out of Florida in August of 2020.. and at that time many around us didn't even acknowledge COVID was real. People think it is DeSantis.. it's not him.. it's Floridians. We literally would go out on our boat to be outside away from people. Over half a 12U baseball team COVID positive and they tried to hide it.. oh Florida.. I know a guy that sent his kid to school WITH COVID.. no BS. A very esteemed private school at that. It definitely got bad in FL.. but it also got bad in parts of CA/LA where there were certain populations that were/are very vaccine hesitant (not QMAGA folks.. other populations that HAVE to go out and work.. can't take time off. .and then go back to homes with lots of family. Sad.) Texas.. will do Texas.. right or wrong.. my neighbor got his breakthrough case in Austin. But Texas isn't shutting down the state.. The People of Texas won't allow it.
Hawaii.. it was taken really serious there but when an island like Kauai has less than 10 ICU beds.. you have to.
Utah/Wyoming.. we were only in NW Utah for about a week but it was NOT lockdown.. people were living.
Short of people turning into zombies or falling dead in the street from the zeta variant, we are on a path to LESS restrictions across this country versus more. Yes, certain cities ... with certain leaders will try to implement more stringent measures. Watch how this goes. Gavin survived his recall (of course he would) but he had pissed 1.5M Californians off enough to sign that Recall. I live in a more liberal/affluent area and 95% of the people I hear/overhear talking about Gavin is not positive... he nuked small businesses in CA.... while big box, industrial, etc companies saw record profits.. funny how that happens... big $ donors not losing $ in a pandemic.. hmmm.
Outside of these cities.. people are getting back to normal.. knowing that COVID, for the foreseeable future, is part of normal life. But people are done with lockdowns and over the top restrictions. The more full stadiums we have every Saturday and Sunday.. the more it will become apparent.