I feel like I’m the only person not affected by this.
Bearers (or their pack animal equivelent) are the primary followers I used. I never used them directly in fighting, having them have their attacks turned off. I liked bearers because of their inventory space to carry all my stuff, it made going out into the world to do my farming and dungeon running without having to take breaks more often without using an expertise build.
While I did see the value of using their high health as a bit of a meat shield, I found such style of play too slow and not engaging enough. As well as ultimately breaking the spirit of how they were supposed to be used.
With the nerf they will still be highly capable, and being able to wear armor to increase their damage mitigation will give the eHP higher than pack animals, making them very much worth getting. Just not worth as much fighting bosses on your behalf. Bearers bear goods, fighters fight stuff. The function they are strong in is literally under their names.