> Almost no matter how bad it gets, I think people care about social interaction above almost all else even their own safety.
Ultimately, my struggle is that I don't understand this. I don't value social interaction this way, and most of my close family and friends don't either (though it's far closer to 50/50 than I am comfortable with).
Ultimately people are irrational. People want to be masters of their own destiny. Is it illegal to go outside? Am I going to get in trouble? So long as people can act without consequence, they will.
With a deadly virus that spreads so silently, I really fear for humanity here. The fools will be the end of us all.
The only hope of real consequence is contract tracing and frankly, I don't think the majority of people want contract tracing to even work, especially Americans, who value their liberties to such extremes. People would rather kill anonymously without consequence.
This all makes me so sad.