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We’re seeing wide variations in how different countries are handling the pandemic. What do you think about these differences?

... The way America has handled the lockdown is horrifying. By definition public health is never a matter of individual rights. It is one thing to have free choice of action if the only person included in the consequences is yourself. It is a total other ballgame if your choice not to wear a mask etc could lead to the deaths of many others. Right now in the news is the Maine wedding case. I think I heard that none of the people who died from the web of cases connected to the wedding guests meeting actually attended the wedding themselves. This is a prime case of how you can't make the choice not to distance/mask just for yourself. You are endangering other people's lives.