Did Putin single-handedly end COVID hysteria?

Unintentionally, but the narrative surrounding COVID is collapsing, and its end appears to have been hastened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mask mandates are ending across the country, Fauci has disappeared without a trace, the mRNA vax-for-kids campaign appears to have totally derailed, and the professional class is beginning to exit a 2-year fugue state en masse.