The policies adopted to combat Covid-19 are producing a worldwide inflationary economic meltdown. This macro outcome follows an endless array of individual suffering and tragedy. Yes, from Covid-19 itself, but also from lockdowns, closures, mandates, treatment limitations, and the resulting cascade of social, health, and microeconomic effects. The pandemic also provided opportunity to stomp on basic rights, as when government health and law enforcement agencies
I just came across this critique by Pantazatos and Seligmann which addresses the Imperial College "20 million saved" paper in the Lancet. They pointed out a number of problems with the model and its facial implausibility. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361631679_Commentary_on_Global_impact_of_the_first_year_of_COVID-19_vaccination_a_mathematical_modelling_study_The_Lancet_Infectious_Diseases_2022_Jun_23