The problem is not primarily when you make bad decisions and suffer harm from it. It's when you make bad decisions and others suffer harm from it. You even brin

The problem is not primarily when you make bad decisions and suffer harm from it. It's when you make bad decisions and others suffer harm from it. You even bring up drunk driving, yet your argument remains exclusively about damage to yourself. Your freedom ends where the freedom of the next person begins. So not only is it "not free", it's also "not boundless". You don't get to kill people intentionally. You also don't get away with it if you do it by gross negligence (such as drunk driving). Inciting violence is an offence in most parts of the world. Not because governments love to be oppressive but because society figured out that it's the point where you cross how much personal freedom you can have without infringing on everyone else's. Where is this point for COVID-19 misinformation? It's a difficult question, and it's unclear what is appropriate and what is overbearing. What is clear is that harm is actively being cause by people propagating this nonsense. Whether an ideal rational adult could cut through it is entirely immaterial to this question, it doesn't stop the harm.