>>> We can already see having consequentialist ethics that don't care about your freedom do a lot better at fighting pandemics.

The free world developed the vaccine, and virtually the entire R&D and manufacturing infrastructure that made vaccine development possible.

Also, response to the pandemic has been highly regional, suggesting that we don't have a single unifying "ethical system." There are also two polarized camps related to the presentation of information to the public, such as the effects of carbon dioxide, the results of elections, and so forth.

I wonder if there's a better example than the pandemic for supporting your hypothesis.