@ryo @Terry @xianc78 @fluffy I think it's similar for a lot of the Southern US. I was actually surprised by my high school friends, because most of the people I danced with at events in Florida or random people I met in bars; you mention the scamdemic and they'd go on and on about "not getting the jab" and how some of them kept their businesses open or how stupid the whole thing was. One random woman from Nashville told me how she kept her ultrasound clinic open the whole time and didn't trust whatever garbage they were putting in that shot and told every women who came through her door not to take it for the sake of their baby.

Maybe my old friend group is just an odd microcosm .. and don't get me wrong, I also have plenty of old friends who totally share my views. I'd say it might be 20%~30% out of the total have not bought into this new era.

From what I watched from James Corbet (Canadian who teaches school in Japan and runs a podcast), it seemed like Japan was trying to hold out closing down; even talking about keeping the Olympics, longer that most other nations. He showed a lot of food courts looking normal in his area.

But then again, Japanese do seem like a very conforming culture. Do you think it's the same divide there as far as urban/rural in the sense of being seriously concerned and afraid/thinking it was all bullshit?