We live in rural southeast New Mexico and make the drive to El Paso once a month to hit Costco, Sprouts, etc.
The stores we went to all had “masks required per CDC guidance” signs, but we just walked right in maskless.
None of the employees said anything, but dammit EVERY customer that I saw was wearing a mask.
Damn near broke my heart.
Like a prey animal. Just need to be slightly faster than the slowest members of the herd to survive.