i can't find anything here about subverting the meaning of an original source. do you maybe mean that Biden was being concise and direct when he said, and I reproduce it here exactly for clarity, "If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. Get vaccinated — or wear a mask until you do.”
okay, he didn't make it an Executive Order, and no, he didn't add "you bone-headed Nimrods!" but we can infer from his directness and conciseness that he's pissed at somebody.
it looks like you're right, though, about ne'er-do-wells getting jailed for not following state or local mask mandates in cities and states that have decided to be responsible about controlling the virus. it looks like you're wrong, though, about no laws being violated. Executive Orders from a state Governor are in effect laws within such states. cities certainly have authority to set laws within their limits as long as they don't contravene state or federal laws.