And conversely that many people are willing to give up quality of life, perhaps indefinitely, to decrease risk. To state the obvious, there’s an inherent tension in the fact that some of the things that make life pleasurable increase the chances of cutting that life short. People reach different conclusions about how to strike the balance, and I don’t think there’s one right answer.

I think it's mainly been an experiment in how much the average person will limit their own pursuit of happiness for the sake of lowering the mortality risk of others.

The answer appears to be: to some extent, but there are limits. And I don't think that's new information. People do things all the time that involve some risk to others. They're more careful about risks to themselves and their families, but there are still limits.

Anyone who smokes cigarettes or sometimes drives under the influence (massive numbers of people) already demonstrated that they're willing to inflict much higher degrees of risk on themselves and others than being lax on covid protocols would entail.