Look at the graphs of covid deaths overlayed over infections in time per country.
You will clearly see the two waves and now the third with deaths tracing up for each.
Now in countries with high % vaccinations there is barely a bump in deaths. Then look at russia or romania, their deaths are tracking first and second wave pattern.
I dunno how one can make case vaccines have no effect.
Covid might be staying and it sucks, but so far its much more dangerous than flu, I will be vaccinating myself for it as it looks like the best bet.
Lockdowns are probably not going to happen as EVERY single country would have to introduce them and that kind of global coordination is a pipe dream.