For goodness sake, I don't understand why people are so fixated on COVID-19 (the disease.) It's about spreading SARS-CoV-2 (the virus.) It's the spread of the virus that does the damage. Arguably it's the infected people who are asymptomatic (i.e. apparently well) who are the most dangerous because, thinking they are fine, they are out and about spreading the virus. Of course, the more the virus spreads the more vulnerable people will develop the disease it causes (that's a given, biologically it goes without saying,) and apparently 20-25% of them will die. Isn't that reason enough to shelter in place until we can protect our most vulnerable in some other at least equally effective manner?

But wait! There's more! Our tests are flawed. The tests for SARS-CoV-2 are known to give false alarms, which I guess as errors go is safer than nondetective insensivity, but it's still an error. The tests for antibodies will alert on people who are fully recovered and no longer shedding virus and some who are actively shedding but possibly not all. Tests for symptoms are non-specific, can be spoofed with cough suppressants, antihistamines, and antipyretics like aspirin or acetaminophen and so forth. Given the emphasis on the most dramatic presentations of COVID-19 in the news and social media, it is altogether likely that people with milder symptoms could, with the best of intentions mistake COVID-19 for a head cold or seasonal allergies and pharmacologically mask their symptoms in order to return to work and other normal activities. So it is not presently possible to use the available testing methods and accurately identify people who are shredding SARS-CoV-2.

Folks, the importance of your self-perceived "need" for a haircut or a night out pales in comparison with the need to contain this virus and protect the most vulnerable of our siblings. I think so, anyway.

I also think that if you are having trouble sheltering in place to such a degree that putting others at greater risk seems reasonable to you, you really need to talk to a mental health practitioner.