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My opinion on what worked best to slow covid and pretty much stop flu in its tracks was the isolation that people forced upon themselves. Many/most people avoided contact with others. And when they did make contact, they stayed back and limited the time. Masks probably helped some, but my gut feeling is not as much as the self-imposed isolation.
That will stop many diseases. You just don't mingle with other people that can get you sick. However, that is not a lifestyle that people will want to engage in long term. Some people may feel relief at the isolation we have had - possibly the chronically immune-compromised, and others with medical conditions. They may not want a return to more human contact. But in general, society will accept a greater risk to have more human contact with others. A return to where we were just two years ago. That is what we are seeing now. Masks are going by the wayside, people are getting together again. Will sickness go up now that we are doing this? Probably. But that is something that society (in general) is now deciding is better than the alternative of isolation.
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