the failure to take this virus seriously is what got us into this mess in the first place

Oh, really? Is that why Trump's travel restrictions were blasted as "racist" and "xenophobic" by Democrats? Is that why Democrats encouraged people to "come on down to Chinatown" and "party" in the early days of the pandemic? Is that why the Democrat bastions of New York and California imposed the heaviest restrictions and mandates of any states in the country and yet became the nation's epicenters for months on end, while states like Texas and Florida which have ended the mandates and lockdowns are still seeing their infection rates dropping?

What Democrats are scared of is that red states ending their lockdowns and not seeing spikes in infection rates will reveal to the country that they don't have to sacrifice their freedom for security, and force them to give up their authoritarian powers.

I hope every red state governor tells Biden to piss off.