Yes, of course, and I'm doing that. But staying cooped up at home and not going out at all is pretty stressful in terms of mental health. I can't wait to be able to go to restaurants and travel and see my parents and all of that.

You can lock yourself in your home and literally never go near another human being, but is that really an alternative?

Because even going to the grocery store has risk.

So yes: never leave your home and never have company, or get a vaccine.

Think about it like one of the many vaccines you got as a kid and never, ever worried about because they never took up any mental space for you to be concerned about it.

You’re ignoring the knock-on effects of life during a pandemic. Vaccination is the only way to regain normalcy.