I wish everyone who was so obsessed with staying alive at all costs would stay home, shut the windows and never cross their threshold. If you think staying alive at all costs is the most important thing on earth then quit your jobs if you can't work from home, sod the mortgage. If the be all and end all is immortality then surely it matters not if you lose jobs or lose the house. Meanwhile, let the rest of us get on with life.
Sure, if I live a long and prosperous life, that's great. But if I don't, then I doubt in 100 years time people will be weeping and wailing over my death. In the grand scheme of things, I'm irrelevant.
Life without liberty is not, IMO, real life. I don't think the measure of a successful life is simply living to 80+ years. Some people cram a wonderful life into a relatively short span. We don't know what's round the corner. A third to half of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our lives yet we don't see people renouncing red meat, alcohol or avoiding obesity. Pollution kills tens of thousands but cars aren't banned. Poverty and poor mental health kills millions, yet we don't campaign against it.
The NHS may be overwhelmed? It's been fucked for years and I would welcome a wholly new system since it's abundantly clear that our healthcare system, compared to the French, German, Swiss or Australian is a poor relation.
The world has faced pandemics, natural disasters and wars since time began. I'm damned if I should give up my liberty for something that cannot be controlled.