Lockdown regulations needed

Re: Are lockdowns worth it? Letter to the editor

Letter writer John P.A. Budreski, arguing against lockdown rules says: “We are an intelligent and informed nation and without regulatory requirements, the population would surely adopt its own individual protections that would act very much like the prescribed government regulations.”

This is a lovely idea except for two things. People are clearly not following government rules. Second, what evidence is there that leads the writer to say “surely” they would?

I know of no instance where all people have voluntarily done the right thing. At best, most would, but many would not.

R.P. Woolstencroft, Waterloo, Ont.