> Leave me the hell alone!
As long as that makes essential things such as grocery shopping more dangerous for others, such as myself, no.
As long as that makes essential things such as grocery shopping more dangerous for others, such as myself, no.
Don't want to get sick? Order groceries online and have them delivered to your door.
And that since we can’t hold individuals responsible, everyone else needs to alter their behavior?
That is, one infectious person wandering around a grocery store gets to force everyone else to shop online and is not doing anything wrong?
I'm all ears!
In the history of our species, we have never been this connected on a global level before, we were potentially sitting on a timebomb just waiting for the appropriate viral trigger to bring it down.
I truly hate that guy, but “facts don’t care about your feelings”.
If humans evolve to adapt then those adaptations may come at the cost of something else, given large enough time scales.
But we don't regular wear masks during winter nor enforce limited capacity or hours or quarantines. Personally of those options I'd be down for short term, financially assisted family quarantine and punishments for going to work sick.
If you're restricting your own behavior, stop. If you're being restricted by third parties, seriously consider moving or outright disobeying. This doesn't end until people (not politicians) make it end.
There's no reason for me to brag here. You can pretend I am an unhealthy, fat hick if it makes you feel better. For anyone else who is thinking of becoming a bit more self sufficient and is chafing under the yoke, I would recommend leaving the large cities foremost, and buying a house on some arable land. Read "The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency" for a primer on what is possible.
But the problem is that governments change. I'll move somewhere and a new government will get voted in that'll change the game again..