| "I don't understand why this seems crazy to anyone. " ? Because it's contagious and when cut loose cases literally widespread death, massive economic peril and joblessness ? Why is that so hard to understand? Do people not feel any responsibility for others they infect with potentially deadly pathogens that spread to large numbers of people? We're not that hugely concerned about 'other people taking small risks' - the issue is the externalization. Frat Houses can drink '24 beers' and visit the hospital, okay, 'it's their body' ... but the issue with COVID is mostly systematic. We don't care that you as an individual want to bring 'Deadly Asian Wasps' into North America, it's not a big deal, but by introducing them, you'll cause calamity as they spread through the region causing mayhem. Or like setting a 'small fire' in a dry forest. I'm struggling to understand how people think a their contagion is a 'personal choice'. People who think about 'personal choice and living with the consequences' may want to contemplate the liability in such a situation: you hit someone's car - you owe them the repairs. Imagine if you had to pay for someone's healthcare if you were to 'infect them'. Instead of passing 'mask laws' maybe liability laws could be passed -> you infect someone, they sue you for $50-500K. We'd literally have to buy insurance for that, and one of the criteria for insurance would be 'mask wearing' - if you 'wear a mask' your 'infection liability insurance' premiums would be 1/2. It's obviously not going to work, point being it illustrates the systematic issue here, it's not 'personal risk taking'. |