I know it is like some people don't realize epidemiological-ly what is important is staying away from other people. Hiking in remote area where there are no other people is not a problem. Driving for 26 something hours, and likely not interacting with anyone is not a problem.

Your essential grocery store trip is a much risk of getting you ill or spreading illness...

However, doesn't cannoning balling involve speeding? I think that's what people should be more worried about. It's not like the roads are a 100% empty.

Let’s say the person was asymptomatic but spreading. How many gas stations did they visit? How many potential exposures?

Probably 1 gas station for the return trip. They had expanded gas tanks to last the whole trip.

Assuming they were infected and shedding but practiced reasonable safety precautions when they stopped, it is easy to have no potential exposures.

Potential exposure is essentially 0 if you correctly wear gloves, a mask, and keep a reasonable distance

> I see similar judgements about other activities that can be done with little to no risk like hiking and fishing.

Just don't try to use your boat to fish in Michigan:

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/outdoors/2020/04/13/outdo...

I'm not sure it is that irrational. If you haven't been out of your apartment for three weeks then seeing something like this go on is going to make you feel others aren't taking it seriously enough.

Whether they are technically correct or not doesn't really matter.

Isn’t that the definition of irrational? Understandable perhaps, but still not logical