"orange" man bad... that seems the drum beat.

Not directed at you... but a lot of pilots apparently did not do well in civics class in high school... We live in a constitutional republic... the governors of the 50 states have the responsibility to determine and implement what actions will be taken to control a pandemic... not the federal government. The Federal guidelines that were published can be adopted, ignored, and/or modified based on their specific situation.

If you want to point fingers google state governors and start emailing them... they are the ones who are responsible for the COVID response within their states.