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"The hubris of anarchists who still cling to a capitalist logic that says "I can go where I want, when I want, I don't have to honor another's boundaries", do you think no rules apply to you?"

First of all, let people set their own boundaries, talk with the people around you to access their level of fear over the virus. Be considerate of people who don't want to get all touchy or have immune deficiencies, and let them enjoy themselves for the most part. Consider whether being afraid of getting it is practical, moralizing, an an attempt to control things that are uncontrollable. I'm personally shaken up by all the people i've been hearing insisting on everyone locking themselves in their house. Am I supposed to start eating my poop, am i supposed to stop all of my self-sustaining and "community" (for lack of a better term) sustaining social interactions? Do i really even need to amp up my already existing hygeinic procedures?

Second of all, i don't always do my due diligence of checking the names of the people who post on here, this is in part my problem, and a problem i pointed out long ago in insisting on total access to anonymity all the time to "protect people" from having to give [not even necessarily true or meaningful] information to this website.

Third of all: if anarchists want to go out, then stop trying to use guilt to keep them from doing so. It's pretty clear that the virus is here in the US to stay, it could be very catastrophic for the medical system and everyone including me, but it probably won't since there's been so much insistence on "flattening the curve" (i.e., letting the coronavirus infect people over a longer period of time). I'm still about as isolated as this was before this happened, trying to change my habits in accordance with changing lifestyles and times.

So can we all please go on trying to enjoy ourselves as much as possible before we die?! Or am I going to need to kill myself so that the current statist/capitalist system can continue without any further issues?