If Joe Biden enacts mask mandates, lockdowns, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem won't enforce them

[SharonAnn]

57. One of my total right-wing cousins in South Dakota is part of the SD virus vector, spreading it.

On a family email list my SD cousin said:"We saw hundreds of thousands of visitors this season from every state in the nation. Many of them extremely upset at their home city/state that was “locked down” &/or mandating masks. We are EXTREMELY grateful that our Governor did not declare our (or any) family business in So Dakota as “non-essential” as many of the power hungry/borderline socialist politicians in blue states. What right does a politician have to shut down & bankrupt hundreds of thousands of American businesses? Those employed in the public sector can say “stay home” and not lose their household income – the same is not true in the private sector."

So I sent my SD Cousin the the summary info from this article:
The Dakotas are 'as bad as it gets anywhere in the world' for COVID-19
Source: USA Today

She responded: "South Dakota has been open throughout the whole pandemic and we have been going to work every day throughout it too. The past 6 months, millions of Americans from across the country traveled to our state because their own state or locale was locked down. In their home states, hundreds of thousands of businesses were bankrupted by their politicians. Livelihoods were ripped away. All of our visitors expressed anger and frustration with how their cities/states dealt with this situation. Our state is an example of what living in a free society looks like. Every person & business was given the opportunity to adjust their life & practices in order to cope with COVID-19. The death rate of this thing is extremely low (Thank God) for approx 99.8% of our society. Everyone that I know that has had it, stayed home with very mild symptoms and was fine after a week or so. We in SD are not living in fear."