I'll have to go with clickbait as well, if this was more widespread there would be a lot more news in this area.
The human race have known many serious illnesses over time, but there is no evidence that COVID should be number one on that list.
I see this more as a long drawn out realization that we can live with COVID and those who need better protection can get the vaccine.
Totalitarian regimes will see this as a chance to exert more control over its citizens, while the rest of the world moves on.
It's time to focus on the environment now, which is hard to do when Putin is invading Ukraine.