I look forward to the government announcing, on advice from medical experts, prohibition of alcohol and tobacco, given the numbers of deaths they cause. Let's throw in driving, fishing from rocks - actually, fishing generally, swimming in the sea or rivers or anything involving a risk of death. There goes flying... Gambling causes enormous indirect damage. Let's prohibit that, too.
Politicians aren't 'allowed' to say it, but societies put a price on a life all day, every day, and tolerate death tolls in return for benefits - sometimes just in plain old tawdry dollars.
The road toll could be eliminated overnight, by prohibiting the use of the road system. We all know why that doesn't happen but, apparently, politicians aren't allowed to say that the benefits of an operating road system far outweigh the costs of the road toll.
Until words and numbers are put to how much we are willing to pay - not just in dollars - in return for saving X lives to C-19, the 'plan' is to wake up each day and make it up. I think that's what we call 'leadership' these days.