I agree with O_G, we have to get back to normal not "new " normal. We cannot keep running from a virus, because what then happens when the next new one appears?
Treatment for Covid 19 has improved dramatically, since the first cases in March. One of the good things that seems to have come out of this, is how quickly the NHS has been able to adapt and use existing treatments/equipment for Covid management, since the shackles of red tape and box ticking have been removed.
My rather optimistic hope is that the recession will be short lived, if the government has the balls to say "get back to normal" now. The higher incidence of infections is still not leading to an increase in hospital admissions or deaths.
We cannot and should not expect to be wrapped in cotton wool by the government because of this virus. We have to get out there and take our chances, just like we do (and have been doing) unthinkingly. every day of our lives.