And of course, all those deaths are horrible, and I feel that pain when I contemplate that for a second. But in my day to day life, I don't see why I'd need to change my behavior.
I am a bit worried about the effects of long Covid for people, but IMO I feel like I need to choose the lesser between two evils which is:
1. Do I lock myself down for 2 years, and fight preventing long Covid and 2% deaths population wide?
2. Do I lock myself down for 5 years, and fight preventing reduced long Covid and 0.15% deaths population wide?
The choices are written down simplified. If you think that there's hindsight bias, there's some but a lot less than you think. I was 2 to 3 weeks ahead of the Dutch government at any point in time. I've been able to protect all the people I care about. For example, my grandparents/parents never caught Covid when there was no vaccine (I was tracking Covid since mid Feb 2022 as a potential threat and constantly ran the probabilities). I'm not even sure if my grandparents ever caught it.
[1] coronadashboard.rijksoverheid.nl