COVID is definitely still around, but Democrats started moving goal posts and away from the subject because they were terrified that Republicans was going to use it against them during the midterms.
This post is very telling and people should use critical thinking to decipher what it means.
If the science is correct, and the scientists know what the vaccine does, AND why vaccine does it (I won't even get into the "how") AND they are confident in that vaccines abilities,
Then worrying about blowback from Republicans would be irrelevant. This would literally make Republicans look worse and effectively take them OUT of the running for the next election cycle.
Politicians in general are so focused on staying in office that they will listen and believe almost anything.
Turning this entire ordeal into the true definition of
Political Science