I hope you’re not really serious. Perhaps in some areas that attitude will NOT get you into serious trouble but in my hospital we went from COVID-free during the initial round in March-June to about 25% COVID patients recently during the second round. “Round-2” hospitalizations are mostly in the 20-60yr age range primarily because Sr’s take this seriously while Millenials and Gen-X and some of the post “Boomers” do not. Take care of yourself or you may join the “Live free AND Die” types. I don’t mind skiing with the younger snowboarders (they pay the bills so that I can ski for free) but I want as many Sr’s around as possible. I think skiing will be very different this year if spring skiing this year was any indication. It was lonely riding up the hill with only 1 person per quad chair and reservations-required to even get a ticket. I can’t imagine what it will be like if only 1-4 people are allowed to ride up in the Heavenly Valley or Jackson Hole’s trams. You may think “live free or die” is acceptable, but if we don’t get this pandemic under control NATIONALLY, the insurers for the ski areas will insist that the areas enforce the most restrictive conditions. “Follow the Money” will always overrule “Live free or die.” Look at conditions now — you are required to quarantine in place for 14 days if you want to travel to Hawaii, Arizona, and even New York city. At greater than 10,000 new cases a day, Fla gov DeSantos may have to do something if he wants to stay in office… “Follow the Money”… Disney lost what ??? 5 billion (with a “B”) dollars so far this year. They’re already releasing their $200 million “Mulan” to Disney+ streaming to try to salvage some earnings…. How long to you think the folks with the big money invested in Orlando and Miami are going to wait before they tell the “gov” what to do?? Just like “GOT” “Winter is Coming” and with that is the loss of the tourists. Personally I don’t want to be required to ski in a facemask and faceshield. If it’s 15 below at the top of Jackson hole with a 20 mph wind I may want my helmet with visor and a neoprene mask but as you indicted, it would be my choice not the requirement of the insurers. When I wore a younger man’s clothes the ski areas wouldn’t shut down any chairs because of the wind. Don’t saty that it can’t happen … it is already happening …. A couple of years ago I skied Whistler / Blackcomb and they shut down the entire top of the mountain. Since it was raining (or at least very very wet snow) on the bottom third all that was left was the middle third of the mountain. Help us get this pandemic under control before next summer. I want to have some group skiing time ……..

During the 1917 pandemic, 7 or 8 respectful, reputable companies of medicine manufacturing expertise claimed to have discovered the vaccine and began marketing each and it turned out all were failures. Many early birds who thought of having gained immunity died. The same sequence of events are possible this time too. Tread carefully, as for all we know this smart virus probably mutates.