I don't think anyone I know here in the UK saw a temporary lockdown as "confiscating a huge chunk of liberty".
On the contrary, we recognise that everyone has a duty to keep everyone else safe, which was especially true during the early pandemic times, when it seemed like it was quite dangerous and Americans ignored it and died in the tens of thousands.
It was when it was observed that we were not in it together that heads rolled.
And it looks like our observations panned out, as we do not have any lockdowns anymore and I don't know of anyone who is still getting sick in a bad way.