Which is all well and good, every single person should be able to decide for her/himself whether or not to wear a mask, whether or not to socially-distance, whether or not to be vaccinated, etc. But IMO it's just damned selfish to make those decisions for yourself and then choose to risk the safety and well-being of others. The impact of asymptomatic spread is still being evaluated, will still be evaluated for years to come as the results of this pandemic are tracked for decades. Also still being evaluated is whether any natural immunity extends to the next-and-next-generations of the virus.
Since the beginning I haven't ever understood the cries of "freedom" in opposition to any established science-based actions that might have had some success against the spread. I understand even less why the people who have refused to undertake those actions think that they are the only ones entitled to that "freedom." Instead of ensuring that they weren't spreading the virus, they shamed the people in the highest-risk categories as if we were all still living in the time of leprosy with the afflicted hidden away from society so that we didn't have to think about them. Some in the high-risk categories are health care workers, food service workers, teachers, transportation workers, etc who couldn't hide away, yet the so-called "freedom" contingent gave no consideration at all to the fact that these people had no choice but to put themselves at risk while performing their jobs, gave no consideration at all to the fact that their own actions impacted those at highest risk. It is simply incomprehensible to me that from the outset, and continuing to this day with the virus still circulating and the scientific community still in evaluation mode, people with absolutely zero experience in the field demanded their "freedom" at the expense of others. I honestly will never understand that mentality, will never get over being just flat-out sad at how some in our society responded to COVID-19.
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