Opinion of public officials who disobey their own quarantine/social distancing orders

[DC Al Fine]

I don't disagree, but this creates an asymmetrical situation where those public officials who want  Covid Safety practices have to abide by them, while those who don't are free to do what they like.

I think this creates a perverse incentive that needs to be eliminated and the way to do that is that when hospital resources are scarce (like now) those who argued against public safety rules should go to the back of the line for health treatment.  As one prominent medical ethicist argues 'If people want to argue 'give me liberty or give me death' they should be held to it.  They shouldn't be able to turn around and say 'liberty didn't work out so now give me a ventilator.''

I always wonder how these ethicists think this supposed to work.

SCENE
Mid second wave. The pandemic is out of control and the medical system is on the brink of collapse.Some guy is having trouble breathing in an emergency room. Enter the triage nurse, sporting a Karen haircut

Nurse: Sir, before we admit you for treatment, I need to use my already extremely limited time in this overstretched hospital to go through your last nine months of social media to see if you posted any anti-mask or anti-lockdown sentiment. Let's start with your Twitter handle.

Patient: Laboured breathing

Nurse: Sir, your Twitter handle?

Patient: Wheezes out something incomprehensible

Nurse: Sir, you'll have to speak up, I can't treat you unless I review your social media and ensure it's free of wrongthink. Sir, your Twitter handle?

Patient: Dies

END SCENE

[DC Al Fine]

To answer OP: I always knew in an academic sense that most of our leaders don't think the rules apply to them. It's just infuriating to have it rubbed in our faces so blatantly.