I understand your point, but saving others from themselves is paternalism writ large. It's not to be taken lightly. Anyway, the COVID death rates right now are

I understand your point, but saving others from themselves is paternalism writ large. It's not to be taken lightly. Anyway, the COVID death rates right now are bellow diabetes, smoking [1], etc. On a purely "save people from themselves" COVID ranks really low right now. You could argue that the vaccine is a small cost to save a person (vs. the cost of banning soda or smoking), but that's pretty paternalistic. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/heal...