I think that's true but you don't want to be the person who dies or whose loved one dies because they have another condition & needed to go to the grocery store or doctor.

I also think many of us 1) don't have sick time or adequate sick time 2) don't have disability insurance 3) can't afford co-pays or otherwise access healthcare. There are lots of complications.

I see prevention as key. I don't see it as it's going to stick around & I don't want to die from it but its going to stick around and there are ways to lower the risk of contracting and spreading it while still living my life if others will also engage in prevention activities.

These are death stats. Likely undercounted because there is a lag time & lots of COVID related operations have been shut down.

I think, for example, wearing a high quality mask correctly in places where others have to be makes sense. (I also believe they should be provided free to people) If you want to go to a restaurant or bar or concert, unmasked, that's cool. It's not a "must do." But elders and immunocompromised community members need to grocery shop & go to the pharmacy & may even want to go to Target. Why put them at risk?

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

For those of us who got boosters as soon as they were available it's possible that we have little immunity left as the CDC tries to switch us to a yearly vax without really talking about it. We are very early in this. It takes a while to do science, to get it peer reviewed & get it to the public. It doesn't help that we -- the public -- are a huge variable. I think I had COVID in March 2020 before there was really testing. I'm over 50. By some guidelines that makes me high risk (over 50 + had COVID once). But you have to dig through scientific literature to find that. Very few people have had their full series including the multi-variant. Many people now don't have the sick time they need -- leading to move spread & more variants. Even if large numbers aren't dying, people are dying. People are becoming disabled. And people are dying from "unexplained" heart attacks & strokes. It's too early to know what long COVID might do -- we shouldn't put that burden on future generations when we can wear masks & better filter air in schools + public buildings.

I love this idea. Some of us can maybe at least get a day or two in Canada when the tourists are tourist ing.