Comment by dekhn
A combination of economists, epidemiologists, public health officials, governments, and individuals.
Why other than you? Because you have an impact on society. Your actions affect others.
A combination of economists, epidemiologists, public health officials, governments, and individuals.
Why other than you? Because you have an impact on society. Your actions affect others.
But this is to do with food I eat. I don't feed it to other people.
Here's a better question, then: what health and safety decisions do I get to make on your behalf. What can I dictate to you that you can't do, or have to do? Can I mandate that you have to run 5 miles every day? It will be good for you to do, and it will impact others by increasing your productivity and lowering the cost of your healthcare on society. Is it reasonable that I should be able to use the threat of violence to induce you to exercise? Because that's all that regulation is: it's an outline of behaviors for which the threat of violence is a legitimate response.