Throughout life, individuals are faced with choices. Many of these choice are between something of the highest good and that of a lower good. Historically, the masses, have chosen the higher good. This decrement, is what allows all of us to mingle in trust, without deeply knowing one another. It is what allows us to stand in line, with our backs towards another without fear that we will be slain. This trust in one another and the responsibility we hold within ourselves to be of the highest good, is what allows us to be free. As a nation, we have seen what these measures to do the human psyche, small business, and our developing youth. We see that less freedom and more law, results in increased drug use, suicide, depression, anxiety, and loss of income. People must have the ability to make their own choice, to live their lives in a way that fulfills their soul, and these regulations diminish the spark of life within us all. The survival rate of this virus is laughable to the mitigation measures. Even more so, the infection rate, with 7.5% of Virginians contracting the virus and .14% of these infections resulting in death. The death rate of this virus for Virginians is less than that of those who have died of cancer and heart disease. The argument has been made several times and falls on the deaf ears of politicians over and over again, but deaths of this virus could have been prevent before its existence. If the government was truly concerned with the health of the American population carcinogenic additives would not be allowed in our food, transfat would be eliminated from our diets, refined sugars, tobacco, alcohol, and human growth hormone would not be allowed to enter our bodies. Instead it is common place for all American to ingest one of the above daily, for many this happens more than once. It is known that obesity, smoking, and heart conditions contribute to the mortality of this virus, yet nothing has been done to address these circumstances that could be remedied or mitigated. Instead the focus is on oppressing the majority who are in proper health. Which in turn will create stress, which leads to use to alcohol, drugs, poor diet, increased cortisol (affecting the heart), and the new commonality, suicide. These measures will continue to strip freedoms and lessen individual responsibility. It must be up to the people to maintain their health, their sovereignty, and their responsibility to lookout for not only themselves but others for this Nation to remain free and heal.