Let's assume that eradicating covid (if somehow possible) via lockdowns and distancing would cost a 25% quality of life decrease for 2 years. That's equivalent

Let's assume that eradicating covid (if somehow possible) via lockdowns and distancing would cost a 25% quality of life decrease for 2 years. That's equivalent losing 1% of all current human life. Or perhaps we would not eradicate COVID, but we'd avoid dying from it, and we'd have reduced quality of life forever.