You're putting a lot of significance on that 'if' as if it weren't a 98.3% chance you were going to live even if you did get covid (not even taking into account

You're putting a lot of significance on that 'if' as if it weren't a 98.3% chance you were going to live even if you did get covid (not even taking into account differences in demographics). This is about trade-offs, and if the trade-off is living life as normal while still being in the same statistically significant bounds in regards to covid outcomes as those states that institute harsher lockdowns then it is not irrational to choose the former.