I agree with you on the political part, but the bullshit is heavily weighted on the Republican side because of Trump. I mean, mask wearing being a political thing is crazy.
At the same time though, the left won’t accept anything less than a total shut down of everything because they know Trump won’t do it so they can constantly criticize him on that point. It makes him look even more incompetent than he already is and further hurts his chances of re-election.
If each side could cut the bullshit we might be able to get to some common sense solutions but that’s the political climate the right created and the left bought into when Obama got elected. Beat the other side no matter what.