Sometimes you have to take an Uber during rush hour. The driver may complain, but, you know, that’s the job. It is not my responsibility to schedule my day around the convenience of the Uber driver.
I am not a doctor, I am not an epidemiologist; it is not my job to fight a virus. I have to do my own job, live my own life, take care of my own responsibilities; and IF I get sick, well, doctors, that is when you do your jobs. I do not have to put a halt to my whole life, and the entire society does not have to come to a halt, because doctors may be overwhelmed with work if a lot of us get sick while doing our jobs. That is why we pay taxes, pay for insurance, and pay our medical bills.
It is not our responsibility to become shut-ins just to ensure that medical staff will not be over-burdened. If you anticipate being over-burdened, then it is your responsibility to prepare, equip, supply, and staff your facilities — maybe instead of paying your CEOs millions of dollars in exorbitant salaries and unjustifiable bonuses.
Our rights, our freedom, our economies are supposed to be non-negotiable, and the solution to an over-burdened medical system is not for us to suspend all of these, but rather for medical facilities to increase their capabilities to ensure that they can do their jobs effectively without disrupting the entire nation.