There is no logic in the individual approach to the pandemic. Clearly, since the virus feeds on social interaction, the best response is for individuals to limit social interaction. But this is a challenge, because we are social animals. We normally have freely available social interaction, we thrive on it, and it would be difficult for our nation to function without it.
Logically, the state takes the position that individuals should avoid large groups, avoid 'sharing air.'
But this is easier said than done.
For some, it is a piece of cake. For others, their life depends on it.
Those who normally work with lots of other people would be unable to work and stay away from lots of other people. If they love their work and do not wish to change, it is logical that they would take a position against distancing and masks. (vaccine avoidance is another matter.)
For those who could take or leave large groups, and their work does not require them to interface with lots of other people, they do not feel any internal pressure to be in large groups. It is logical that they would be more likely to support mandates and adherence to the guidelines.
Disregarding personal preference, the over-encompassing logic is that the virus depends on humans sharing air. If humans were able to stop interfacing closely, and do that for long enough to bring the R0 factor below 1.0, and then hold that condition for long enough to allow all the cases of the disease to run their course, the virus could be eliminated.
That is extremely unlikely.
Eventually, nearly everyone will either get the disease, or be successfully immunized from it.
We must avoid simply letting the disease run it's course. That would quickly overwhelm the hospitals and have catastrophic results.
Therefore, the state must take a position of advising the public to take measures designed to reduce the spread.
The arguments we are having are nothing new. They are a logical consequence of a pandemic in a human population. Every pandemic in the past has produced the same arguments we are having, the same two opposed positions.
