Reasonable people can disagree here, and I'm not convinced by the case you've put up. I remain a realistic optimist that this will become endemic and we'll put

Reasonable people can disagree here, and I'm not convinced by the case you've put up. I remain a realistic optimist that this will become endemic and we'll put up with the risk as we have when the flu became endemic. Of course the vaccine will help tremendously (relative to, e.g., retroviral STDs), as will the constant pressure for people to return to their normal lives.