It's a very difficult subject to debate objectively whilst we are still emerging from the pandemic.
There was, in my opinion, too little emphasis on the tiny number of deaths compared to the overall population and the fact that the majority of the population have not had covid. The impact on society overall cannot yet be quantified and is likely to be disproportionate to the lock downs and covid.
There will also be a storm to come over the NHS. We, the public, had our liberties curtailed and willingly locked down to support the NHS. Sadly, the NHS had not yet thanked the public but continues to complain about its own difficulties and staff issues with stress. There is no cognizance within the institution about the impact of others: job and business losses, social regression for young children, impact on MH, or the fact that NHS front line workers carried on going to work and mixing with colleagues and continuing with routine and normality.
Sadly many NHS services are still locked down. My dd's mental health team is still reviewing via phone calls so the staff cannot see how a vulnerable patient truly is: washing, weight, etc.
Further and overall, the NHS did not lock out quickly or effectively when it could. It is likely to become a far bigger scandal than Covid in a decade or three.