> You'll get through COVID just fine in the VAST, VAST majority of cases if you catch it. Yep. But the virus travels through the population so quickly and so e

> You'll get through COVID just fine in the VAST, VAST majority of cases if you catch it. Yep. But the virus travels through the population so quickly and so effectively and sickens enough people on the margins simultaneously that it cripples even well-prepared first-world healthcare systems and results in significant numbers of dead and disabled that place incredible strain on society in many ways. We will never have a healthcare system that can instantly, across the entire nation, scale up ICU capacity (which is not just literal beds and equipment but also critical care teams consisting of many specialized medical professionals) to be able to deal with mass death and destruction caused by this kind of infectious disease. The lives of those with some kind of "pre-existing condition" that places them at increased risk of COVID also matter and they exist in such great numbers that we cannot simply say "too bad" to them. Half the adult population in the U.S. has hypertension. 42% of the adult population is obese. Improving the health of the population broadly so that it would make an impact when it comes to COVID isn't going to happen overnight. It's not going to happen in a few years. It will require many years. Thus the urgent demand for vaccines. > Don't chastise/berate/punish others who decide not to because it's a personal choice linked to bodily autonomy. Isn't it counterintuitive to demand that others respect "bodily automony" and then turn around and demand others change what they put into their body (food) and do with their body (exercise), or condemn them to death for not making the choices that you want them to make? Getting a shot or to is an order of magnitude simpler for most people than changing a lifetime of diet and exercise education/habits.