Prediction:
Deaths will inflect and decline in a few weeks. Just as they did last year.
There will be an absolute explosion of people celebrating how 1) Herd immunity finally took hold and also 2) the Vax population wide finally took hold. Everyone will have an explanation for VICTORY!!!
A couple of months later, the next surge will start. Instantly, without any delay at all, people will manufacture an excuse for their claim being wrong and also, blame it on someone else.
In the meantime, even more will die.
You think this thing will become cyclical? Something to think about if you're older than 65, especially during the winter if this becomes a seasonal illness. We had to deal with smallpox for a long time before finally wiping it out. Makes you wonder if this is similar.