I think it's really happening.
Why? Lying FakeNews Media in my country, Poland do not report about states opening up and lifting mask mandates.
If they are afraid to report on this so the Polish people don't question our globalist cocksucking government Draconian decisions, I think it's a real deal.
I hate to tell you but other countries in the world have been pretty open/not many restrictions for a while.
I don't think your media would report on states lifting mandates in the US. It's just not that "important" locally, from a news perspective.
But when Cuomo was murdering the elderly they were all fear mongering about people dying in New York state.