Yeah no, it's fine, hardly anyone has died. funnily enough, I never used to get updates on who has snuffed it on a weekly basis with the flu.
It's not that 'hardly anyone' has died. I accept that people have died, some of them with no or insignificant co-morbidities. And there was a sizeable spike of deaths in spring, although the UK cases had actually started to fall before the first lockdown.
Now, there isn't a significant spike of deaths (again, UK) So why are we panicking again? Number of cases? But number of cases is a function of number of tests - unless one generates a ratio of tests to cases the case figure is meaningless.
I can't see any way this virus is going to be eliminated. No virus has been, as far as I know, except smallpox, and that had the peculiar mutation that it could no longer survive except in humans. It also took over a hundred years to achieve. Most if not all other viruses can live in animals and will periodically return. Some have died out or become harmless through their own mutation or by being too deadly.
The vaccinations (correctly applied) should help reduce deaths further - even the manufacturers do not claim it will stop the virus spreading.
'Herd immunity' is a nonsense buzz phrase. What we should be aiming at is that as many as possible either have antibodies or that their immune system is programmed to create the appropriate antibodies as required. Those who have already caught the thing will mostly already be in that situation, hopefully. (Edit - and obviously those who have had the vaccine will at least have antibodies.) There are long term test regimes in place trying to determine how long the protection lasts - a friend is on one. He (and his wife) have been confirmed as having antibodies even though they have no recollection of having caught Covid-19.
It's quite likely annual vaccinations will be needed for the vulnerable like the 'flu.