I support this.
The pandemic itsself is pretty much over and has turned into an endemic situation that no longer poses a general risk. All measures like masks should be voluntary now, though testing should continue to a certain level to track the virus and its mutations. People should still be encouraged to voluntarily get vaccinated.
Virtually everything is voluntary already anyway. The emergency measures in place have helped a lot of people tremendously. It's easy for you to say from a country that has universal healthcare. The Medicaid rolls are going to be slashed. It also means that the vaccines are not automatically free. You're now at the whim of your health insurance provider. If they aren't going to pay for the vaccine or if you're uninsured or underinsured, it'll be like $110-130 out of pocket. Good luck getting the average American to pay for that.
There was a mild expansion of the welfare state with the COVID emergency. You can be sure that the right-wing wants to stop that as soon as possible.
