There possibly is a moral dimension, but much more about risk of spreading it to others than about catching it. Individuals are responsible for limiting how likely they are to spread it on a moral dimension, but only responsible for avoiding catching it on the usual pragmatic dimension like riding a motorcycle.
Compare: “I went to a nightclub and caught COVID there” vs “I had a positive test but was feeling fine so I went to work anyway”. The former is more likely to be viewed as risky behaviour while the latter is more likely to be viewed as immoral behaviour.
Even then, this isn’t specific to zero-COVID at all in my experience. The distinction between various policies in the people I’ve talked to seems to be more about different models of disease, costs, and benefits over various timescales than anything moral at all.
There possibly is a moral dimension, but much more about risk of spreading it to others than about catching it. Individuals are responsible for limiting how likely they are to spread it on a moral dimension, but only responsible for avoiding catching it on the usual pragmatic dimension like riding a motorcycle.
Compare: “I went to a nightclub and caught COVID there” vs “I had a positive test but was feeling fine so I went to work anyway”. The former is more likely to be viewed as risky behaviour while the latter is more likely to be viewed as immoral behaviour.
Even then, this isn’t specific to zero-COVID at all in my experience. The distinction between various policies in the people I’ve talked to seems to be more about different models of disease, costs, and benefits over various timescales than anything moral at all.