most of us are living longer, but we aren't necessarily living a better life,
So true. This is one of the reasons I feel pandemic has saved many lives from dying miserably. They kind of reduced the probability of more suffering as the population growth could destroy more dreams and bring depression and diabetes as a result. I feel sometimes some bad things solve more social themes.
Yet, in total, not many people actually died directly from covid, did they? The vast majority who died, were close to death already. Yet, the amount of people who are affected for decades to come, are relatively healthy so will have to face the fallout.