Hello Darth,
It is certainly identified the glaring fact that Asian societies deal with a pandemic better than the USA does with all our freedom to believe and act upon anything people wish.
A coordinated approach is far superior in dealing with a virus than each person deciding for themselves the best way to handle it.
An effective social response to a pandemic is one where the best policy is determined and then each individual does their best to carry out that centrally determined policy.
Having individuals care only for themselves does not work in a situation where everyone is depending on others for their survival.
It's sad when people say they are not afraid.
What are they not afraid of? Hurting/killing others carelessly? Well, of course, a very selfish mind would not fear such a thing. A selfish mind only fears something which threatens their own survival. If they don't see a threat as something which could mean the end of their own life then the selfish mind does not care about that threat.
A selfish mind is incapable of realizing all that they actually get from a vibrant healthy society, It never occurs to them that if society in general is impacted, that a part of that impact filters down to them. It never occurs to them that if they help others, and others act the same, that the benevolence goes full circle and comes back to the individual. It is the epitome of the saying: "What goes around comes around."
It is the basis of why individuals in a society SHOULD care about others.