Agree with most of your post, but the bolded part is misguided conjecture. Covid is still deadlier than the flu and hence gets special status. Some of the actions taken by the government are no doubt based on recency bias, but Covid-19 nonetheless remains the largest threat of death among common airborne pathogens. Being flippant about it is why assholes are already as casual about it as they are with the flu and other colds, which is why so many get so fucking sick every year. If pieces of shit would just stay home when sick (regardless of the cause) and piece of shit employers would make this more possible for most, these things would truly become a rare nuisance.
Finding relief or even joy from the fact that Covid is now being thought of as insignificantly as the flu or other colds is a strange take that we see too often. If everyone treated all of these diseases with proper respect, along with respecting their coworkers, classmates, family members, etc. they would be much less of an issue every year. But mouth breathers gonna mouth breathe, even when they're pathogen-free.