People burn down ebola facility
Anecdotal stories are nice and dandy but public health emergencies suck. Is public health important? Do people live longer now than 300 years ago because of public health interventions? Do you still have a 1/7 chance of dying from Tuberculosis or small pox or cholera? Do millions of people in AMerica still die from AIDS? Is cancer still a death sentence? Literally 7/8 people are alive today because of public health initiatives, logistics, food safety. These people in the link are burning down a facility that was the best chance to save people because they wanted to be close to family. Social distancing is by the far the right thing to do to save lives as a collective society...it still is...we could probably save 10-15k a year if people wore masks when they had influenza or covid.
Your 90 year old mil might also be alive because people tried not to get sick, she might have had more time instead of just immediately dying because of some random illness.
I know you are trying to get brownie points from the old men trolls on this site because they know you are soft and thoughtful and educated. Its ok if the big meanies online make fun of you for knowing something.