In reply to <a href="https://macdailynews.com/2020/04/23/the-covid-19-data-is-clear-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation/comment-page-2/#comment-2190672">Bobby</a>.
We get in cars every day, but we don’t drive drunk every day (I hope). The reason there are DUI laws is that impaired drivers kill themselves at a lower rate than they kill other innocent people. The reason for the lockdowns is that people who ignore voluntary distancing requirements are much more likely to kill other people rather than themselves.
You can weigh your own risks, but your actions can deny other individuals the ability to assess their own risks, because they depend partially on you. In a lockdown situation, your behavior is predictable, which is valuable information for others. If your behavior is unpredictable, the limited freedom they have now (to buy food and fill prescriptions, for example) will become much less safe to exercise.
The right to life applies to post-born humans, too. If ending lives for pu
