Those in the audience on the South Lawn of the White House might have believed their lives were their own to lose, but they now risk infecting other Americans. Trump and the GOP have decided not to heed science, leaving us helpless during a plague. But as far as I know, plagues don't care about reelection campaigns. They don't wither in the face of the Secret Service or succumb to the intimidation of goon squads. And they don't respect the families of gluttonous aspiring monarchs.