You left out “and a culture of public service which requires every young adult to spend two years of their life working for the benefit of others.”
You and I may not agree with the form that service takes, but it is one of the major differences between LA and Salt Lake.
You simply wish the virus would go away and somehow npis and masks will do the trick. They wont.
That is why the virus is seen all around the globle. That is why delta spread everywhere. That is why omicron is everywhere.
Your preferred policies wont stop or eliminate the virus.
Your policies are known to do the following though.
- harm kids by restricting educational opportunities
- harm biz by putting in restrictions that at the end of the day will not stop the spread of the virus
- harm working people by the restrictions put on place on the biz where they work
- disrupt the supply chain around the world
- see reduced spending power due to inflation caused by government spending related to failed lockdowns, etc.
Utah, AZ and the other states you bitch about had their kids in CLASS for the year while in CA and others kids were stuck in substandard remote learning.
The omicron should be YOUR wakeup call to realizing one just has to live with this. Variants will arise and spread like wildfire. Billions in the world are not vaxxed and will not be any time soon. Further as we are seeing vaxxes lose effectiveness vs newer variants. Which is why you say countless cases of "breakthrough" cases in the vaxxed with delta. With the O, being vaxxed doesn't seem to confer much protection vs the virus at all. Daily we are seeing groups fully vaxxed catching it. That must be very disturbing to you.
Are you double masking your N95s at this time?