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Originally Posted by Leadbone1
It’s up to me and others to decide whether we want to social distance or not. You obviously missed the point of the original post. We do not live in a police state. We live in America
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Many people obviously don't understand the point of the restrictions. They are in place to protect vulnerable members of our society from a potentially devastating illness. Yes, those people can avoid voluntary recreational activities. But, they probably cannot avoid going to stores, banks, post offices, gas stations, doctor's offices, etc.
So, if the
only people you interact with were people who are aware of, and approve of your lack of social distancing, and the only people they interact with know that those people had interacted with you, etc., etc., then you'd be golden. But unless you and everyone you interact with, and everyone they interact with is willing to not go to the grocery, or any other "essential" place of business, then you should do what is necessary to protect those who need to be protected.
This is not about "you". It's about protecting others. If you don't care about possibly contracting the virus, fine. If your spouse is ok with maybe contracting the virus from you, fine. But what is not fine is you and your spouse infecting and perhaps killing, vulnerable people because you don't want to be bothered with taking any precautions.