Because life isn’t fair. A group of idiots here got together for a party up on the ridge on July 4th (no masks, no social distancing), so now COVID cases here are skyrocketing. If life were fair, these selfish idiots would have been the only ones to get sick. Now over 100 innocent people (who were doing as they were told) may be infected, just because they happened to encounter these fools.
Everything we do can (and does) affect others. We are foolish to think otherwise.
The Ridge is about 25 miles up the highway. The place is barely a dot on a map and has no amenities. People go there to get away from “the law” (it used to be a marijuana growing hot spot before it was legalized).
Currently everyone in my family is fine.