This COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized to a ridiculous extent. When the legislators were cramped shelter-in-place during the Capitol Riot, some of the legislators refused to put on a mask, even a mask was given to them. Before that, we heard conspiracy theories about doctors made up COVID death numbers to boost their monetary benefits; COVID numbers increased due to increased testing…. To me the most reliable indicators of the seriousness of this pandemic are the remaining ICU capacity, remaining morgue capacity. Yes, it is true that masks do not provide 100% protection. If you are in an indoor environment with a COVID spreader, the mask probably provides less than 50% protection for you. However, if the COVID spreader is also masked, the combined protection is much more significant. It is not just about whether you will/will not die from COVID if you catch it. The point is you are helping spread COVID to the more vulnerable persons. Behind these protection measures, the most important element is a cautious attitude towards this pandemic. If everybody here in the US treats this pandemic seriously, we would not have become one of the worst places in world for this pandemic. By the end of this month, more than 400K people’s lives would have been terminated by COVID. Yet some of our legislators are still sucking irresponsibly in their political bias.