The capacity limits were not an issue in the summertime when people could hang out outdoors, especially with the loosening of public drinking laws. The masks?

The capacity limits were not an issue in the summertime when people could hang out outdoors, especially with the loosening of public drinking laws. The masks? they made everything worse. They're incredibly bothersome to wear when its hot and humid, they induce psychological pressure on you via the feeling of being "smothered," and make every social interaction much harder to understand making each interaction more tiring to be a part of. It's equivalent to being in a Zoom conversation where you can't read all the subtleties of somebody else. That's not even mentioning the blue collar labor force which has to wear these for 40 hours a week. My friends who work as waiters, bar staff, etc. still have to wear them during the day. The last thing they want to do when they get off work is to continue wearing them. (all of this is relative to NYC, which had a ~31% closure rate for small businesses) I understand some people here, such as yourself, don't think the masks are a big deal. But to the vast majority of the populace, they are a burden so bad its worth _moving cities and states to avoid_.