As an outsider, it seems to me that both sides in the US were massively radicalised, letting all things related to covid become a partisan issue rather than abo

As an outsider, it seems to me that both sides in the US were massively radicalised, letting all things related to covid become a partisan issue rather than about optimizing outcomes for the population. In Republican areas, resistance to vaccines seemed to be at an irrational level, where Democrat areas seems to have enforced lockdowns, maskwearing etc to an extent where it caused much more harm than good. (Mental illness, loss of learning for school children, economic disruption, etc.)