Imagine the Opposite

Tell me why
Everything turned around
--Fleetwood Mac

Imagine the opposite of the current arrangement. Instead of a GOP president that alienates the left and a chief public health advisor with demonstrated leftist tendencies, we had a Democrat president that alienates the right with a chief public health advisor with demonstrated rightist tendencies.

Suppose that the rightist chief public health advisor advanced the same public health 'guidelines' that leftist one has advanced, masks and all.

Would state governors, local mayors, and the public at large follow those guidelines similar to how they are following them now?

I have my doubts.