I agree. I had thought the plan was, "have heavy countermeasures in place until we get a vaccine or a cure, to minimize the amount of deaths and burden on our hospitals". We did that. One "bonus objective" was getting enough people vaccinated to make Covid extinct, but that was a longshot. And we failed, miserably, at the attempt.

So Covid is here, we will all get it at some point, there's nothing we can do about that anymore. Countermeasures will not stop that. The only point to some countermeasures is in specific locations where the unvaccinated are getting hit hard an putting a burden on healthcare systems. But that should be targeted and brief, and only to protect other people that need healthcare services. The unvaccinated that have the option to be vaccinated have made their choice.

I'd much rather be in the "herd immunity" timeline, but here we are.