She’s not merely an entitled dumbass. That would apply to, say, someone who went and sat in first class when she had an economy class ticket. No, her actions also showed a reckless disregard for the health of others. The quarantine rules exist to protect people from a deadly virus. Her actions very well could have killed someone.
The closest thing I can think of that people seem to get the gravity of is drunk driving. The reason it’s wrong is because you’re likely to cause harm to someone else. Even if the driving goes okay, we still have a rather strong reason to punish, because it could have gone very, very badly.
Sure, there are worse people. But that’s why she got only 1/6th the maximum sentence.
To me ,the real problem is how lightly we seem to take people who violate this crap. We were told to stay home, only go out when needed, wash our hands, keep our distance, and wear masks, and yet so many people want to make excuses to not do that.
I was genuinely happy that it seemed like, for once, one of these stories involved people taking this seriously.
My only pause is whether or not the place she is being held is safe from the virus, as I don’t think she deserves to be infected with it.