I think if History lasts enough, and we do the right things, this pandemic will be seen as an experiment. Everyone should be collecting data right now like crazy.
COVID-19 is a relatively mild infection. It spreads fast, but its mortality rate is in the low side of epidemiology. This is the first time we are going through something like this, and we can make mistakes that are not terminal. I mean, I am sure we are making mistakes that are causing deaths and that is horrible and I am very sorry. But these mistakes do not threat society survival. At least not yet.
This should be a learning experience, because the next pandemic could be not this mild.