Ok I need to know from all you kind folks what covid is like where you live? Asking here because I don't trust news any further than I can throw them. I'm in Saskatchewan Canada and we are locked up pretty tight, limited people in your house, mandatory masks, no social gatherings. Thankfully we have been allowed to barrel race under strict guidelines. Our positives are fairly low to moderate, same with death rate. Although our government and media like to keep us terrified that we are in dire straights. So much so we have idiots that I see regularly driving alone in a vehicle with a mask on. ??‍????. One was even on the highway last week. I know some of your states never closed and some have re opened like Texas. So just curious on states that are no mask and open what are your hearing for covid issues? I know your vaccinations are way ahead of us in Canada. 

It's business as usual here in TX. We didn't wear masks anyway but now that they lifted it.. honestly I think I see MORE people wearing them in the grocery store now than before... try to figure that one out. My kids play baseball and it's pretty hard to find anyone wearing a mask at the tournaments, maybe 1 or 2 randoms but that's it. Some rural schools have done away with masks all together too... my small town school is still requiring them for some reason, I don't pay much attention as I homeschool, but I see the kiddos on the bus wearing one. I haven't heard of any "surges" in cases though ... I know a lot of people have been vaccinated too, so I'm sure they'll say that's the reason why the severity has dropped in our county. They have a drive thru vaccination site at the expo open. We went to the barrel race last weekend and not a mask in sight .. it was refreshing... so restaurant employees are still wearing masks and grocery store workers are... but it's no longer required by patrons unless noted at the entrance. 

We're pretty much nearing normal here in Kansas.  The Covid percentages are down.  Still having to wear masks when going into businesses....grocery stores, hair salons, etc. but that may ease soon.  Overall you don't feel the fear and uneasiness like a year ago.  

Our numbers have been going down steadily. Vaccination rates are steadily going up. I'm in a rural farming area so life has been moving right along around here. Businesses and restaurants require masks. On March 31 our state-wide mask mandate ends. 

Missouri. Never closed, although the major cities did.

Masks NEVER enforced in my particular area, I have never once worn one shopping in this county, although at times up to 50 percent of people have been wearing them (rough guesstimate based on my shopping days and the number of people I see). My personal county has total reported cases of 2,946 - keep in mind that includes all retesting and doesn't differentiate in any way individual cases (so the same person being tested for the SAME case multiple times is being counted as a separate case every time. Total deaths: Under 70. At least one of those I know personally was NOT Covid as the person was for at least a year.

Now I am also under 40 minutes from Lake of the Ozarks, from there actually although I don't live there now. Over 10.5 MILLION visitors as of last september. Local sheriff was interviewed and bashed on CNN for not enforcing masks in his county. You can google it - Tony is just awesome, we got both bashed and cheered all over media LOL. But currently there are 3,770, and 84 deaths in Camden County (the most populous of the three main counties that make up the Lake area).

The town south of me has a mask mandate, but it's not enforced in most stores. Again most people don't wear them, and haven't for the most part.I don't know the numbers down there as it's a different county, but I suspect they are similar to ours. Maybe a little higher since there are many who work in Springfield and have to be tested more often. They had their summer baseball league and everything.

Personally, I have one close friend who had it, and is still months later suffering affects, the rest of her family had it and were all done quickly, but she has major asthma issues, which made it so much worse. But my own family may have already had it before it was "a thing". My husband in November 2019 and my son and I in January or February last year.

This past winter my husband went out of town with a coworker on the Tuesday before Christmas. On Christmas day the coworker was tested positive, but not until the following Sunday did my husband get a text saying anything. So seven days. We kind of just had to laugh because we'd been EVERYWHERE christmas shopping that week. There was no way we could "contact trace". My husband did "finish" the quarantine period, but never got sick.

My sil works in a very large hospital in a major city in MO. Last year about this time they emptied her hospital in preparation of the masses, and while the media was screaming about overflowing beds, I asked her how bad it was and she laughed because they were EMPTY. She has a very negative opinion on how this whole thing is being handled and thinks Fauci is a disgrace. She's a highly educated and very intelligent medical professional, but she can't speak up because so many have been blackballed for doing so.

Utah still has a mask mandate but it ends on April 10th. For a long time bars couldn't be open after 11, they threatened a lawsuit so our governor removed that restriction right before new years. I've quit paying attention to the numbers, but I think it's steadily going down.

Wyoming ended it's mask mandate Tuesday, but the town where I work never enforced it and a majority of the people weren't wearing masks. 

Here in the Northern Virginia area we are still being driven by the Karens and Faucis. A couple counties out and they are pretty much normal. My eggs go to our local fire departments and the convos I've had with them have been enlightening. They have first hand knowledge of what's in the hospitals and all our metro hospitals have a few cases but only one or two in ICU. That's all the Northern Virginia counties, which is a very large population and very densely packed. Our local grocery store took the stupid arrows off the floor and the 'mask required' sign is no longer on the doors, but the state is still mandated so ?? I still swear I had it back in November/December 2019. I've never had a cough like I had then. My hubb MADE me go to the doc who gave me antibiotics and prednisone and an inhaler. It cleared up quick with that but I'd had the cough for over 2 months by then. Other than me the only peeps I've known who've gotten it are my husbands elderly relatives in PA. One is still hanging on in hospice, one has gone to a nursing facility. They are both 90+.

Indiana is lifting their mask mandate April 6th. All our numbers are down. I have avoided wearing a mask except to grocery shop or in stores which I don't go much into anyway. Most of our restrictions are slowly be lifted and possibly April 30th will be completely lifted. As for work we never had a mask mandate so that was good. I don't think I could have worked all day with one on. By the end of April everyone over 16 will be able to get the vaccine if they want it. I think everyone should lift restrictions and get back to living your life.

Iowa is open.   However, it's a split between businesses who still require masks, even though the governor said it's not necessary.  Pretty annoying, but we are limited in our availability to shop in our area, so if we want something we don a mask for the short time in the store then off it comes at the doorway. 

 Our rates have been same as everywhere else.  Pretty standard.  

People are rushing to get the vaccine.   So far, pretty much every person I've talked to has had some side effects.  So far nothing too severe.   I will not get it. 

It's so dumb. I'm in CO. Our governor is a mask nazi that ruined many small businesses. My husband works in Denver on a construction site. They have had very strict mask mandates and social distancing since day 1. Just about everyone has had COVID now. Hubby got it back in February. Within a couple of days I had it too. We were already doing the ivermectin protocol. We had two days that were sucky. Beyond that, it wasn't a big deal. I've had worse flu bugs. I think the vitamin protocol was key for us not getting it very badly. 

If you have underlying health issues, I can see how COVID is a very real concern. If you are healthy and boost your immune system, it isn't as concerning. My 87 year old dad got it in December. He too had a few rough days, but it wasn't bad for him either. He's very healthy for his age. He's in OK and things are pretty open there.

Southern Nevada here.  Our numbers are dropping slowly but I live in a rural area so we never were really as high a percentage as Vegas & I really think about half of our positives were people that work in Vegas. 

We still have a mask mandate and resteraunts were just able to open back up to 50% capacity.   Casinos are open but about half of their machines are turned off to aid social distancing and you have to wear a mask at all times.  Table games are weird with plexiglass all over the place. 

We've been able to barrel race with restrictions and are actually having a good size race at the South Point in a couple of weeks.  We do have to wear masks at all times while we're in there except when on your horse but hey, it's worth the sacrifice.  They are having the Stallion Stakes there this weekend and even though the website says no spectators we're going to swing by and see if we can't catch a peek.

In our small town it runs both ways.  Most of us ignore the mask mandate except when going into businesses that require them (it could cost the business an arm & a leg in fines if they don't enforce it) but I have also seen people driving along in their cars with a mask on or walking or riding completely alone down the street on their bike with mask on. 

I'm in Illinois close to St. Louis. We are pretty limited still. Towns and individual businesses are opening back up despite state directives. I have canceled my wedding until future notice because none of the venues will take more than 50 people because of the restrictions.  Masks still required everywhere (some places aren't enforcing it anymore).   

Same. I am in Washinton State and our "dictator" is never going to let this state open back up fully. Businesses are really suffering here too. Restaurants just went to 50% on Monday. Masks are required everywhere. 

I'm in rural CO. Where I live basically flipped Polis the middle finger. Very few people are wearing masks. No one says anything. After his Meat Out day, rural CO said enough is enough. I will wear a mask if I go into a particular business (mainly dr office) that is adamant about it. About the only ones wearing masks in the big box stores (Walmart, Home Depot, Bomgaars) are the employees. I'd say 80% don't wear masks now.

My friend wanted to go to Seattle this summer, with the riots and covid I told her I didn't think that was a good vacation spot.

Robert Kennedy Jr has a podcast and the third episode is in Covid. It's not talking about the vaccine much, but more about the shutting down of information and lack of medicine protocols BEFORE you get so sick you have to go to the hospital. It's shocking. 
I just wanted to add that there is no conspiracy theories talked about nor any antivaxx sentiments on this talk. 

So I'm curious to know what the Ivermectin protocol was you followed?

Utah has about 10% of the adult population vaccinated.  Most of that being 70+.  I'd bet, based on my employees, half of the remainder of the population have had covid.  I live in rural utah and we have never really been shut down.  We depend on tourism (visiting national parks) and freeway traffic and it was down during March of 2020 and then higher than ever since then.  

ETA: Our local health department is throwing out vaccines because they arent having enough people sign up to get it.  Part of that is because they had it only open to certain ages and partly because people are scared of it. 

I retired three years ago -- prior to my retirement I traveled a great deal to the Northwest and spent quite a bit of time in Seattle. When I first began visiting Seattle it was a lovely city -- the downtown area was fabulous!  Pike Place Market!  You could stroll around in the evenings. Many other terrific stores and restaurants; however, even before I retired the city had begun a decline. Homeless people had begun living under overpasses and bridges -- I'd see more and more each time I was there. Some businesses had already begun moving from the downtown area.  Now... it is sad to think about the lovely downtown area being deserted by businesses and the number of homeless people has grown by leaps and bounds -- plus the ongoing riots. I would not go there again. It DOES have a great airport -- I'd connect a flight but I would not leave the airport terminal!  :)

It was announced today that Arkansas has 30% of the population vaccinated.