I haven't taken a flu vaccine since I was a kid. I don't care about the flu. Again, I'm not a smart guy. Billions and billions of potential dollars have been lost. When governments are making decisions to NOT make that money, you know something's serious. The flu's around each year and governments don't stop the countries. The top expert here in China advised everyone to stay inside for 14 days, then another 14 days...and we did it, and then life slowly came back to normal despite every city being incredibly dense. This works for China, the Chinese people are happy by and large for these measures seeing how ravaged other countries are. That said, it's not a one-size, fit-all solution for every country. It's like saying I'm glad guns are banned here but I'm also glad guns aren't banned in America, it doesn't make me a hypocrite, it's just not going to work in every culture.
There probably won't be a vaccine until next year around this time of year, maybe. Or could be a few years off. Or never, who knows. That said, I don't think it's incredibly taxing to have tried this stay-at-home order for a few months to see how it worked out. I hear Sweden has done something akin to what you want, having life go on as normal. I don't know much more beyond that or how the Swedes feel about it.