> When this pandemic started, a 35-year-old family friend of mine got infected with COVID19, infected his father, and then both died. I've now had literally do

> When this pandemic started, a 35-year-old family friend of mine got infected with COVID19, infected his father, and then both died. I've now had literally dozens of friends and family get Covid, ranging from children all the way up to elderly relatives. None have had more than minor illnesses, from which they quickly and completely recovered. Anecdotes are worthless as arguments. Appeal to emotion is a logical fallacy, and that's all you're doing here. > Then we couldn't attend their funeral because the devastated family was worried they would spread COVID19 to everyone else during the funeral. You can't live like normal in these social circumstances. I'll say this: we most certainly can't live like normal when we're being prevented from living like normal by people who make up silly and inhumane rules, based on speculation and fear.