I expect we'll get a small dose of relief in the next few weeks (e.g., the delta/delta-plus/lamda variants will weaken; mask mandates will again be lifted), followed by the emergence of an even greater horror (e.g., there will be a release of a new gain-of-function virus from the Fauci Wing of the Wuhan lab) that the media will report breathlessly that will further prepare irrationally frightened, irretrievably ignorant and woefully cowardly Americans to accept that the only solution -- a new "final solution" so to speak -- is to accept that the Democrat/Communist/Left Party is our only path to covid salvation.
I pretty much agree with your predictions. It is making me sad, because it looks like the rain circling is inevitable now.