Governors in predominantly red states are preventing the mandating of vaccinations or masks just as vulnerable children are going back school. Rather than follow medical advice to prevent the spread of the delta variant, they want to safeguard the "freedom" of their supporters. Of course, "freedom" may mean contracting delta, going to an overwhelmed intensive care unit in a hospital and dying. But even worse, in my mind, is that it may also mean killing someone else who couldn't be treated for a car accident, heart attack, cancer or other critical illness because there's no hospital space available.