We live in a society, and Covid19 is not just a question of personal choices.
Not to mention, people who have defied quarantine orders and have spread this to their loved ones can become depressed and suicidal, so quality of life for many who would spread this disease will become abysmal.
six months of isolation for a 1/100,000 chance of dying 50 years sooner,
turns out I take that chance of dying each time I climb a mountain, and I get back less value than what is on offer in your trade
would I trade getting out of six months of quarantine if the price was the chance of 1/100,000 of dying. Of course I would.
I contrasted that to the fact that I frequently take on much higher risks of dying (mountaineering) for a lot less payoff (it is fun).
(the 1/100,000 is an estimate based on existing data for my age group)
This is what's really frustrating about this whole "trade-off" argument: it's fine to make trade-offs for yourself, but you do not have the right to implicitly force your choice on others. If you sit within six feet of me not wearing a mask, my risk of falling off a mountain does not increase by any measurable amount. If you have Covid-19 and don't know it yet, the same cannot be said.
also where and in what way did the mask pop into this at all?
we are talking about what a person would trade aka risk vs reward
So this is not just about what is good for you, but instead what is good for the community.
For example, having you out of quarantine early might be good for you, but it will definitely not be good for many others.
I would most certainly trade the past six months for a normal life even if it meant that I would die six months sooner.
wouldn't you?