Sorry what you are suggesting, that every person decides for themselves, is BS, that is being forced back to work. If you don't go back benefits are cut off. Its not that you want to go back, you want to force other people to go back. The people who will have no choice are the low wage earners, the people who can sit at home and decide will be the wealthy. Not acceptable sorry. No one should die because you want a haircut. It won't just be the risk taking barber who opens, they will all have to open or they won't survive. We won't even allow 2nd hand smoke in a business, even if they want to, but you think it should be a businesses choice to force their workers to work in an unsafe environment?

"It's not like we're talking about breaking into homes and encroaching on people who don't want contact.'

I have to avoid you people when I go out to work at my essential job, I wish I could stay home. Every extra non mask wearing virus spreading freedumber on the train increases my risk. If you aren't going to your essential job stay home. Why do you have the right to put me at risk?

"Most of us would see someone opening their hair salon, and even if we thought it was unnecessarily risky, we'd shrug and say good luck. But when you're driven by envy, seeing other people resume activities makes you feel like you're missing something if you don't do it too."

I think its more like you didn't work for two months and no one noticed. What you do in life isn't actually important. 2 months, 6 months, 5 years, how long until someone, somewhere, needs you? I think you are jealous of the people working that society actually needs. If you've been out this long and no one died from your absence , why even bother going back?

Its amazing how many people can't wait to return to an exploitative economic system that benefits their boss