Imagine if the Government said that from the 19th July, for the sake of personal freedom, people can drive on whichever side of the road they liked. That they should exercise their own good judgment.
The problem here is that there are going to be lots of accidents, and people will be afraid to drive. It has a negative impact on society as a whole. OK, an extreme example, but it illustrates the point in respect of facemasks (people in the UK will no longer be obliged to wear them from the 19th July).
The thing is that "personal freedom", when taken too far -- and often it is -- has a very negative impact on society as a whole. But people in modern western societies are brainwashed into thinking that personal freedom is more important than collective responsibility.
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