I remember visiting relatives in Florida for Christmas 2020. I’m sure buried by area, but at least in Sarasota County, places like Walmart and national chains, for the most part had a mask mandate sign on the door, but it wasn’t necessarily enforced all that well. Pretty much every local restaurant, store, bar, etc. Was just operating as normal.
I was visiting from Connecticut, and back home, couldn’t even think of sitting at a bar, but meanwhile was at a full bar, full restaurant having a normal time. Strangely, never got Covid, never got sick. Just like the flu, unless you had some severely weakened immune system, or we’re very elderly, and in the nursing home, covid wasn’t an issue for you.
I went to one WalMart that had a lady outside checking that you were compliant and I didn't have a mask. Told her I forgot it at home. She told me to go in to a certain aisle and grab some to buy at checkout. Told her if those running the store were that stupid I didn't want to shop there and walked away. How can it be safe for me to walk around buying masks but not to do the rest of my shopping?
In 2020, Mom visited us in TN from NY and was shocked when we took her to a restaurant and there were no masks.