We accept risk as a feature of life. We don't enforce cars to drive at 10 mph so nobody gets killed, we don't stop selling fatty foods that cause immense numbers of early deaths, and we don't cut down all the trees in case a kid falls out of it.
You are conflating societal risk with individual risk. As a society any risk of death from all of these things is unacceptable, and we continue to make advances towards lowering those risks to zero while considering the individual's right to choose to take a risk.
We are lowering speed limits, with 30km/k now being quite common in cities and 80km/h around the fringes of large cities. Further, we work on cars that are safer for both the occupants and those around them, with the ultimate goal being autonomous cars that will result in an "as close to 0 death toll as we can possibly get".
We are putting pressure on companies that provide foods full of fats and sugars to make their products more healthy. Look at how the McDonald's menu has changed in just the last few years, and who would have thought that BK would have not one, but two fake meat burgers on their menu?
You might also notice the extent to which the previous governments in NZ have worked towards making the country smoke-free to eliminate deaths from smoking-related diseases.
And just for a point of interest, we do tend to have
methods to deal with trees that are a climbing hazard for kids.
We also provide free flu vaccinations for people that are vulnerable to the flu in an effort to stop flu deaths each year. Imagine what we could do on that front if people were willing to actually wear a mask when they had a cold or flu!
If you're saying the only number of acceptable deaths from Covid is zero, then please explain why other deaths don't matter as much.
They do matter, that is why we have huge amounts of money and effort spent on trying to solve those other problems rather than people just throwing up their hands and saying, "Meh, 50 dead kids is fine. We're all good here."
