I think that gets to the heart of it and I think the article misses the mark.
There may be 5 (or whatever) ways that people react to the virus. That's a broad, general statement.
New topic: Should your church be open?
Answer: Yes. Always. People can decide to go or not. You might get 20% of the usual congregation. Or 40%. Or 60%. Or 80%. Or 100% There are 5 ways people might react, right? But the church should be open and allow people to make their own decision.
Exactly. I’ll bet most churches didn’t operate at 25% capacity before the lockdown. And they practiced Social Distancing long before Social Distancing became mandatory.
It doesn’t really get to the heart of the conflict.
Whether or not to open a church or anything else is a public decision, because the individual is not the only one affected.
We have a lot of laws in our states and our nation, and all of them are public matters. They are all for the common good. But this is not a problem of law at the present time.
Our problem right now is whether we can move from private decision to public decision on the matter of corona and any other similar decisions that come along in he future. People differ on this, and that is why all the conflict.
It really is unfortunate that the Constitution has been brought into it. It has to be a voluntary effort on everyone’s part, a spirit of self-sacrifice for the good of others, not obedience to a law. At least we hope it doesn’t get to that point. If you voluntarily do something for the good of others (as well as yourself maybe), your rights haven’t been touched.