And, ironically, it is effectively over in places with a non strict lockdown policy. Once omicron became dominant it was over, it’s so infectious it’s pointless to lock down. Omicron was/is the ultimate vaccine in the US at least.
Yep, exactly. It’s been basically over in Arizona and Florida for more than a year, in NYC since Omicron, in Germany it probably will be after the present wave, and in Australia and China it may never be.
The duration of Covid-related disruptions depends almost entirely on how much a society chooses to sacrifice to prevent spread.