I debated responding as there are other responses that get it mostly right . . .

You are correct that the virus is still around and will probably be forever more. But, it ceased being a public health issue 2-2.5 years ago. What happened? Everybody has either been vaccinated or had the virus or most likely, both. So the virus continues to exist and continues to evolve and people continue to get sick, but everyone's immune system has now seen something closely related and is much more able to fight the disease off. It has endemised and become basically like any other cold or flu that exists. There were already 3(?) coronavirus strains widely circulating in the human population before Covid-19 became a thing. Covid-19 has simply become one of ~200 different viruses that cause the common cold.