Yes, but only because I just don't think they work in the long run. No way will I comply - I'll still meet family.
There are so much to consider in terms of the negative knock-on effects. I'm sure a small percentage of those with (not saying all) Long Covid is actually depression, isolation etc. Lockdowns have also hit elderly hard. Once they lose their mobility that's often it, especially if they're 80+.
Because, on the whole, Covid - especially when vaccinated - is just not that deadly. Before I'm shot down, of course there are exceptions and we read about them in the newspapers and on here, but on the whole, very very few cases of those who caught Covid in the community went on to die. I.e. most of those (as I said, not all), who die are the very elderly and frail in care homes or those with underlying conditions which meant that they were in hospital anyway.
I'm a CV person but have looked at my risk profile and decided that I will take the risk (and I don't think, despite being 50+ that it's a big one). Papers still don't publish data to show that, on the whole, this is truly a disease that tends to hit those who are weakest/oldest. There is a huge amount of anxiety that has built up in the UK, much more so here than in many other countries. Because we're not given the true breakdown of data in the papers (whether digital or paper) or on the news.
Doesn't mean I don't care for those who have been hit, died etc, but we can't stop society forever.