Nutballs during a time of crises is normal so says a book that came out 1 month before the start of Covid-19, βThe Psychology of Pandemics.β [cambridgescholars.com] There was even an anti-mask league in San Francisco during the flu of 1918. [en.wikipedia.org] For a deeper overview go to: [theguardian.com]
And of course our elected officials never let a good crisis go to waste.