Thank you for that middle section discussing what other things we must logically be willing to accept along this reasoning. I have often considered the same re:obesity. The obese are endangering our hospitals far more than young, healthy COVID patients.

I also don't doubt for a second that a future battleground within reach because of this debacle is going to be the imposition of plant-based dietary patterns on the general population to help fight climate change. As a diabetic who has been able to bring my A1c under control through eliminating most starch from my diet, this terrifies me. Will I be denied medical care if I'm not on a government-approved diet? Will I even be allowed to pick my own groceries? The logic is the exact same: "put aside your own wellbeing for the greater good, and we will make you do it." "Our patience is wearing thin."

This goes so much deeper than an infectious disease. It's about what actions a stranger is allowed to demand that I take to reduce his level of risk by a marginal (or often totally unquantified) amount. The answer now seems to be "any action at all."

"Our patience is wearing thin." https://twitter.com/DR71117932/status/1436240089185722369

God help us. You got any more of those Twitter videos of youngsters defying mask orders?