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> If people don't want to take personal precautions, they should be at liberty to assume the additional risk.

I agree, the problem is no one is making them assume the risk. If they truly assumed the risk of not getting vaccinated, one of a few things would happen:

1. The risk of not getting vaccinated would be priced into their health insurance premiums and their costs would skyrocket.

2. If they require hospitalization, they should be turned away at the door if there is insufficient capacity. Alternatively, they can be hospitalized but discharged the minute their presence begins to strain resources. They could even be refused assistance generally.

3. If I can suggest that my infection came from person X (e.g. I was around them when they had the virus), then they should be liable for damages.

None of those things will happen, because people don't want to assume the risk that comes with their choices, they want to offload it onto other people. They want to be able to not be vaccinated then scream for help when they get in trouble and have the healthcare system ride to the rescue.