I think the whole Obama party was meant as a message to Joe, who of course is too dumb to hear it.
It’s basically, “Joe, Covid is so 2019, get over it.”
Covid achieved its purpose, which was to get rid of Trump and shut down his supporters.
But all over the world, people are starting to rise up. In the US the leading potential candidates are all anti-mandate. Both Newsom and Cuomo, while they had other immediate issues, are on the verge of being thrown out for their shutdowns and destruction of the economies of their states.
Obama is nothing if not a 24/7 politician and a man who wants to hang on to his wealth and power, and Biden’s obsession with masks and mandates and wildly unpopular vaccine policies is threatening that.
Thus, the in yer face birthday bash. In Joe’s face, that is.
A crisis dragged on too long is bad for morale. It erodes the loyalty to those in power if it just stalls and lingers.