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Individual risk assessment would work if individuals were fully aware of the risk.
They are not.
They have proven, time and time again, that they will not wear masks and do not fully believe in the veracity of studies and tests. They believe the government is feeding them lies, and that liars are feeding them truth. They believe what they want to believe, and they cannot adequately assess something they don't consider a risk at all.
What happens when an underinsured COVID-denier ends up with a million-dollar hospital bill? Who foots the cost of their stupidity?
Who pays the salary of someone who decided they're not okay to go out?
It's whose right to do what and when?
Ignorance cannot be fought with freedom. There's a friggin' bouncer at the door of a popular convenience store on Pala Reservation because too many people refused to wear masks.
Other countries are able to control the spread because their populace isn't chock full o' nuts.
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