If protecting all lives is above any sense of personal liberty or freedom, then when are we banning alcohol? drunk driving, domestic violence, and promiscuity under the influence hurt more lives than covid ever could. but we don't ban alcohol, in fact during the pandemic society as a whole has encouraged it more than ever. example: normie comics like "quarantine, baby!" and countless instagram stories about day drinking. in terms of policy, the massive approval of alcohol to go in states that previously prohibited as well as liquor stores being considered essential.

Mind you. alcohol is an immunosuppresant. so essentially we're telling people, there's this virus going around, wreck your immune system so there's a bigger chance you'll catch it.