Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Question:
If citizens were doing the smart thing - staying at home wherever possible (unless an essential service like health care, food supply, law enforcement, infrastructure repair, or to get food), why would the "freedom of movement" argument even need to come up?

They wouldn't need to close areas / states because there would be nobody to stop.

Or are we debating this solely for the benefit of the "stupid people" referred to in posts above?

Right now, this virus scares me far more than the temporary loss of any freedom that you might believe you have.