Yup. It’s still hit and miss - and within blocks. I went to breakfast with my mom and the entire restaurant- employees included - were maskless. I went to a smoothie place 2 blocks down and the cashier was cowering in the corner holding a box of masks for me to put on.
The hair is macro-blocking from garbage compression. His hair is the same color as the wall so it can't distinguish the color difference and lumps it together. Those mics are boom mics with massive wind-socks that are held almost knee-level of Biden. They come up from the bottom and almost touch the interviewee. That mic is between both of his hands.
Noem basically manages a small city in comparison. Stick her in Florida - one of the most populace bat-shit crazy states filled with tourists, Disney, Miami, and hurricanes - and let’s see how she comes out after a year. She has good intentions but she would be shell-shocked in 6 weeks.
We ingest many of these things in a daily basis. As they say: it’s the dose that makes the poison.