I hear you——until it’s time to flood the hospitals and I can’t get in because 1000 additional people got the virus...now endangering my life.
I hear you -- until it’s time to flood the hospitals and I can’t get in because 1000 people got lung cancer from smoking ... now endangering my life.
I hear you -- until it’s time to flood the hospitals and I can’t get in because more than 100 people die in motor vehicle crashes every day ... now endangering my life.
Vicarious "endangerment" through the secondary or tertiary effects of living in a free society is a classic argument used by every totalitarian who wants to turn you from a citizen into a subject. Keep that in mind.
If you want to be safe, go to prison. Do you think Paul Manafort would like to get some possible coronavirus exposure in a restaurant or church right now?