The fact that this is true feels like we as a society just shrugged and gave up about something like, say, ubiquitous lice or ticks. "Yeah, everyone just has those, all the time."
What about it? That's not something that "everyone had all the time" and just accepted it, like ads.
We only saw that attitude towards COVID because it affected people for a relatively short amount of time, and majority of them suffered relatively minor symptoms.
People not caring about others isn't exactly noteworthy. People not caring about themselves is different.