Americans need to stand up to the illogical mandates. One thing that "officials" have left out of the conversation is natural Herd Immunity. And they have left out testing for Antibodies just now emerging ( if you check the timeline on Wikipedia for testing in the U.S. and abroad.) What all people need to understand is the CV19 is the infection (disease) that follows after the virus Sars cv 2 takes hold of your immune system., this virus is 97% the exact same sequence as the Sars of 2002 18 years ago.  A "variant" is a piece of the sequence of Sars 2002, it is way less lethal (despite all the hoopla). And if you had any kind of upper respiratory flu in the last year your immune system will recognize this variant and fight it off. With Influenza, there is always the highly vulnerable elderly and the persons who may have a highly compromised immune system, other diseases in play.