"Danger," takes many forms. While the disease presents nowhere near the "danger," of the 1918 Spanish flu or other pandemics, the litigious nature of our society makes people see "danger" everywhere.
Tort law applies the, "reasonable person," standard when measuring what constitutes due care in determining negligence. i.e., a "reasonable person," would be expected to shovel and/or salt their sidewalk after a heavy snow/ice storm, and injuries arising from their failure to do so would be attributed to negligence on the part of the sidewalk's caretaker. It is reasonable for a restaurant owner and his customers to expect the employees to wash their hands after using the restroom, and any pathogens spread as a result of their failure to do so would be considered negligence.
The problem with COVID is that the media induced hysteria has been continuously expanding the envelope of what is, "reasonable." Consequently in just under a year we have gone from no masks being reasonable, to masks optional, to masks required and now we're edging into double masking. No business owner or insurance company wants to be the test case for defining due care. Likewise, politicians with very few exceptions (Noem, DeSantis) are cowering like beaten puppies to avoid presenting the appearance of not having done enough, so for appearance's sake, they feel it is better to continuously up the ante and keep doing "more," regardless of how many lives and livelihoods they destroy.
Well said.