This is a conundrum that absolutely must be resolved. Places are opening up for vaccinated people requiring certain types of certification, which basically no one is giving. This is going to be a massive mess before long.
Simple.
COVID-19 is the politician's opium.
They aren't letting it go away easily. They will throw any bureaucratic move they can fathom at it in order to keep it around in one form or another for as long as possible.