I agree. It was his duty to be the "bad guy" and rain on the billionaires' vaccine parade. Instead, he seemed to disappear into the wallpaper - in a very typical GOPe fashion.
Pence appeared to lose himself in the minutia of micromanaging PPE supply chains. Meanwhile Fauci and a hostile media were allowed to run wild with the fear porn.
It all merits Pence’s dismissal from the ticket IMO.