People might also want to walk into my living room and remove my television set from it.  I can&#x27;t stop them wanting it, but I can stop them doing it.  If you threaten my life, liberty, or property, it is ethical for me to defend those things, regardless of whether your threat is the product of malice, ignorance, or negligence.<p>If you intentionally get yourself infected with a zoonotic pathogen and start cavorting with one of the carrier species, at minimum, you&#x27;re going to get a severe beating when the town finds out about it.  If you don&#x27;t take care of yourself as a person, someone else might take care of you as their problem.