For the most part, these "events" are staged by astro-turf political organizers from way out of state. They push it hard on every social media outlet they can post to. Even so, they attract very few people.
What they are designed to attract are the media, who like to interview the dumbest rocks they can find (not hard really). The media ends up covering every even like it is a massive wave, when really it's just a handful of dead enders keeping socially distant. Many wear masks.
This "opposition" is big nothing burger. Don't waste your cycles on it, except to tell politicians it is a very loud micro-minority that should be ignored.