If it were just about people willing to risk dying, I would have no complaint. But since this is a contagious disease, it's actually about people willing to risk killing. That's what I find morally objectionable, and indicative of deep rot in our society.

What you see as “risking killing” we see as “living a free life”. Same problem as with CO2 and global warming, we will only ever respond to negotiation and persuasion, you will never be able to walk over us like we are doormats. It doesn’t matter if there is a way to rationalize how leaving us free might harm others, we generally do not trust your judgement and we will never entrust you with the power to enslave us.

Ban condomless sex, ban all alcohol, ban individual ownership of cars, ban individual ownership of guns.

If you participate in any of these activities you are intentionally being reckless with the lives of others.

None of those remotely compare. Covid just became the number one cause of death in the US, in terms of deaths per day. Unlike heart disease and cancer, this was entirely preventable. Compared to banning cars, the safety measures are minor inconveniences, and only need to last until vaccines are widely available, which will happen in a few months.

> Some start companies and risk their life savings, others prefer the safety of salaried position.

Yet Scandinavian countries have higher rates of entrepreneurship than the US does.

Nothing you have described here is unique to the US.