What we probably want to do is dial down the rhetoric and fear.
Even allowing for the very unlikely fact that there are about 20 deaths a day with covid as the primary cause, that is a very small number and isn't even a flu season.
The worry about variants is a real one but what are the chances of a variant that is resistant to the current vaccine coming along? I have no idea 1%, 10%. If you know that and it's r rate you could assess whether we should continue with restrictions. But we don't nor can we.
Should we live in fear of a variant for the rest of the year, 2 years,until the whole world is vaccinated?
At the moment living in fear of covid makes less sense than living in fear of cancer or heart disease or old age.