Americans are tired of the pandemic. But disease experts preach caution - and endure a 'kill the messenger' moment.

The masks are coming off Thursday at Disneyland and Disney World. The theme parks are the latest places to say the pandemic has reached a point at which indoor masking is no longer required for people who are vaccinated - another sign the nation's health emergency isn't what is was in 2020, 2021 or even January 2022.

Blue state governors are lifting mask mandates. So is Muriel Bowser, Democratic mayor of the nation's capital. And everyone saw what happened Sunday at the Super Bowl in the crowded, sort-of-outdoors environs of SoFi Stadium: Even though the Los Angeles County health department had said masks were required, just about the only people with their faces covered were the ones wearing helmets.

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But the easing of the coronavirus pandemic's grip is hardly a serene moment. The country is witnessing a broad backlash from many conservatives and libertarians, not only against the ongoing mask mandates but against the past two years of public health measures, including school closures, designed to suppress the spread of the virus. As the fall elections approach, the virus itself isn't the hot topic so much as the response to it.

Video: Health-care workers battle burnout as omicron surges

It turns out that winding down a pandemic response is in many ways much harder than launching a response when the virus is new, fresh and at its scariest. And in the pell-mell rush for the pandemic exits, even some people who were formerly supportive of public health measures designed to suppress the virus now don't want anyone standing in their way.

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