This year we kill it: Corona Virus Thread Mark II

[Squire Doodad]

I feel inclined to agree, though some of that is very sharply worded; while things are "better" now, the pandemic is far from over. Restrictions falling is purely out of exhaustion, not actual risk.
And...yes, the reason why it is still going is increasingly because so many people decided to mislead and cast doubt on the simplest means of protecting oneself. I would not be surprised if someone told me that, if vaccinations and masking were at like 90%, the pandemic would be over already.

...I could probably write at length on the topic, but I don't want to lean on the rules.