Which will be the day some ordinary Dems will say “That’s it. I’m done. Fauci is a self-serving little creep and I’m not going to listen to him.”
Remember in 2020 when college students and blacks defied the earliest lockdowns? House parties and big gatherings at the beach in FL? They said “I heard about the rules. I don’t feel like going by the rules. I’m going to have a good time.”
That could come back.
I know of at least one person who fits your description exactly. She's the left-winger daughter of a friend of mine, life-long liberal, public employee in a northeastern state.
She's a vegetarian and a school district employee. Practically as left-wing as you can get. She's also vehemently against compulsory vaccinations, for herself or any members of her family. He husband, a highly-paid medical device salesman, is no longer allowed in the hospitals he must visit as part of his job; she is afraid he will soon be fired.
Her daughter (my friend's granddaughter) is not going to be allowed to participate in school band or after-school sports because she isn't vaccinated.
A few days ago, the woman told her mother "I want to move to a Republican state." She's serious. They're going to put their $500K house on the market and leave. For this woman to have said such a thing, let alone seriously undertake to do it, is monumental.
Now multiply that by millions.