We're losing sight of the big picture again. Yes, Covid is a risk which we need to manage. For some, exposure to C-19 comes at a high price.
But so too do untreated heart disease, strokes, undetected cancers, depression, addictions, suicidal tendencies, despair (unemployment, eviction, mounting debts, cancelled elective surgeries), loneliness, domestic abuse.
If we neglect all of the above to ringfence one condition alone, it is questionable which omission will ultimately deliver the more tragic death toll.
Opening up society to those not in high-risk C-19 groups is the right thing to do. Help and support can be provided for those who feel themselves to be at elevated risk. They have the option to self-isolate to whatever extent they feel comfortable with; their sense of self-preservation guides this. But consideration must also be given to those whose wellbeing is under greater threat from other harmful conditions. And increasing herd immunity amongst the young and fit is actually a general positive too.
We need to strike a balance where those who are fit and able to carry on are free to do so without condemnation from self-obsessed finger-waggers who weren't banned from socialising with friends and earning a living in their youth. Let them live. Let them earn. Let them meet life partners. Let them exercise. Let them travel. Let them keep the economy ticking over.
You shelter if you want to. It's fine. Just don't demand that your personal fear of Covid infection be allowed to condemn a sidelined cancer patient to an avoidable premature death. Or push a despairing 19yo to such depths that they take their own life. There is more than one group of people who can be accused of being uncaring towards others in society.