I just saw it as a great chance to toss out a Monty Python reference, but I guess that may show my age.
There is a balance between hard-core and building up the community. Sometimes (my opinion) I think the desire is to drive folks away from the game. Not suggesting it should be easier, but I thought having a 'safer' place for folks to congregate was a good thing. I, like you suggested, go when I need to, do my business, and leave. But I might interact more with folks if I was not afraid of getting sick.
Then again, I am here for the crafting not the killing, so what do I know.