I think the difference is that in Panama, where I live, people are not as brainwashed and scared as in the USA. Sure, you see people here wearing masks, but I am yet to see one scream at me for not wearing one out in the street, and people visit others and not wear masks. Sure, there are a few cases where people are too scared but they are more the exception and not the rule. I think that the mass projection psychosis has been applied more on the US than down here.

That is why I don't let a narrative make me doubt people here, but I'm speaking about my own experience. I'm sure in the US is different, I have seen enough psychos there, people you couldn't trust.