I think COVID lives up to the old saying that one should never assume a conspiracy when simple incompetence is a perfectly good explanation...

Too many people are profiting from this plague for it to ever 'go away', so just get used to it, and wish to hell that you were all my age, so you didn't have to look forward to so much more of the bullshit.

Biden had better be careful about sounding like he is the one who knows how to end the pandemic. Because, based on his rhetoric and actions thus far, he doesn't.

What he needs to do now is show a lot more humility and deference toward the rest of the world and take heed of all that the WHO is calling for to end this pandemic.

"Many high-income countries and the vaccine companies with whom they have entered into bilateral arrangements are effectively tying up the global supply of life-saving vaccines.

"Vaccine inequity is a solvable problem. The WHO calls on the vaccine manufacturers to prioritize COVAX, the global clearing house for vaccines, and the African COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Team (AVAT) tasked with purchasing vaccines for African Union member states.

"The WHO calls on countries who have already achieve high vaccination coverage to swap their near-term vaccine deliveries with COVAX and AVAT, to fulfill their dose-sharing pledges IMMEDIATELY and to facilitate the sharing of technology, know-how and intellectual property to support regional vaccine manufacturing.

"The WHO further calls on all countries and vaccine producers to share information on bilateral deals with COVAX and AVAT so we can understand where vaccines are needed most and to share information on supply and delivery projections so countries can be ready to immediately roll out vaccines when they are available.

"And, we call on all countries to recognize ALL vaccines with WHO emergency use listing.

"Despite sounding like a broken record, The WHO will continue to call for vaccine equity until it becomes reality. Otherwise, all countries, including the rich countries, will be dealing with the health, social and economic disruption of this pandemic for much longer than is necessary."

...the WHO's global target is to support every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population by the end of this year and 70% of the world's population by the middle of next year.

The longer vaccine inequity persists, the longer the virus will keep circulating and changing, the longer the social and economic disruption will continue [around the world! - my emphasis] and the higher the chances that variants far more dangerous than Delta will emerge and render vaccines less effective, everywhere!

But, this is a PANDEMIC, after all, and there is much more to worry about in our inextricably interconnected and interdependent world than just what is happening currently in the US, to state the obvious.