I get the feeling half of NYers are so rude that some will intentionally spread the virus... Example (of this rudeness) was the video of them being arrested and loaded in a bus, someone was purposely lying and saying they were not warned what was about to transpire. I clearly saw the police announce exactly what was about to happen and why and if they didn't want to be part of the circus ---> just leave now. Yet those arrested just complain and gripe instead of just leaving and frequenting other places on the lowdown.
I don't like the mandate either, but I know my money speaks more than my complaints. When they come to my door to force me to take a shot, then it is time for more drastic resistance.
New York values.... funny some defend them, some just defend them when they feel it is politically advantageous. I would almost bet those arrested have shouted leftist slogans most their adult lives, now they get to see the fruits of their labors (and I really am struggling to feel bad for them). Some can claim I am not seeing the bigger picture, and perhaps that is a valid argument, but perhaps I see the bigger picture but my dislike of the town as a whole poisoning the state that I really have a hard time finding something decent to root for.