This is an easy topic to argue about, unless you have had someone effected by it. Luckily I have not.
Same thing goes for us fortunate to have kept our jobs and income while millions have not, numbers are just that, a number, unless it was a loved one, and then it really means something to you, whether it was death or losing their job.
Science will find a band aid cure, till the next round, hopefully some of the money being funneled into helping the homeless, addicted to the flavor of the month drug, and the other BS that billions go to, will be directed to having a better plan in place for the next Panademic