The focus shouldn't be human rights and preserving our democracy
I mean, no, you're way off here. The preservation of human rights and democracy should be a critical thought on everyone's mind -
the fact that there's a virus going around should not affect whether someone feels they're being treated fairly or whether they still have a voice in this country. You have the right to be able to speak up and say, "I don't think this is being handled in a beneficial way".
The problem here isn't these people thinking about human rights or democracy, it's about them choosing to ignore guidelines that benefit the masses. Taking action is different to taking voice, and we should not live in an environment where you are not allowed to take voice - and the moment you let people think they have no voice, is the moment that you spur them to take action, which is what we don't want in this case. People feeling they had no voice is what led to the #BLM protests (I mean, ignoring the institutionalised racism, but having no voice is one of the reasons that existed, so I stand by my point) - they weren't being heard, so they took action. Now, I'm not here to play a blame game (particularly when there's no evidence linking the protests to the current outbreak), but even with COVID running rampant - ESPECIALLY with COVID running rampant - it is important that people feel like they still have a voice, and that they are retaining their basic human rights. We do not live in communist China, we should be allowed to speak up against the Government.