That judgement on your part would only if be valid their lives were really in danger.

Individuals are still allowed to apply their own knowledge and experience in making the decision if their life is really in danger. Just because the government says it's so, does not necessarily make it so. You have to use your own brain to draw a final conclusion. Occasionally you might be wrong, and end up dead because of it, but most of the time you'll be right trusting your own judgement.

You should definitely take government warnings into account when making your final decision. But I feel sorry for those who can't make any decision for themselves and instead require the government to do it for them and totally control every aspect of their lives, without question or personal consideration. Not the way I'd want to live.