Ironically (and I'm not suggesting this is you), many folks who support such an approach (Elon included) balked at the idea of shutting things down during the height of Covid to reduce unnecessary deaths as a result of Covid (for example, hospitals being unable to help patients due to being overwhelmed with high Covid case counts).

I for one agree though, if self-driving can reduce deaths on aggregate then that's a good thing. I hope that self-driving cars give better signals to pedestrians though (maybe emitting noises less startling the car honks) - I think this would vastly improve the safety when a self-driving car is navigating a parking lot or busy downtown roads.