I doubt it. In the UK cases are rocketing but deaths are still falling. This thing will be over soon and no politician is going to prolong the pain longer than they need to.
The trifecta government-media-big business now have optimally aligned incentives to not relinquish this historical golden goose of power and money. Add to that the cultural component of ostracizing anyone who goes against the narrative and record investments in FAANG and pharma as a means to ease money devaluation caused by runaway printing, and you end up with a colossal gridlock of incentives that is not going to resolve itself, at the severe and permanent detriment of the middle classes and personal freedoms, with oligarchy emerging as the victor.