The real danger here is that far fewer people will have immunity to this because it is novel. This means that if we aren't careful the infections could snowball

The real danger here is that far fewer people will have immunity to this because it is novel. This means that if we aren't careful the infections could snowball and serious cases could overwhelm healthcare infrastructure. This would lead to the tragedy of people dying not just because they were basically bound to but because there wasn't enough care to go around. 1,000,000 people infected over 3 months looks a lot different than 1,000,000 people infected over 18 months.