I mean, it's kind of a duh. That is sort of the nature of single strand RNA viruses that mutate quickly and easily, and especially one that is part of the coronavirus family which is one of the more common and numerous family of viruses (along with the rhino) that has an affinity for human bodies. I never once thought that all these mandates and measures were going to "stomp out" SARS-CoV-2. Not even if every single person followed all the "rules" and mandates to the letter and perfection. There really is no containing these kinds of viruses. We just get used to them over time, and adapt.
And viruses by nature tend to be more symbiotic like in their parasitical nature than some other pathogenic microbes. Meaning, they have a nature that doesn't seem like it just wants to outright kill all of its hosts, but rather more so coincide with them to perpetuate their own existence.
There are some groups of bacteria and parasites for example, that just don't seem to "give a bleep" and consequently are far more deadly, though also less easily transmitted and it takes major human mutation (or modern science) to deal effectively with them, like malaria.
But nature seems to have a balancing affect on itself in this way. The highly contagious microbes don't tend to be as deadly as the very deadly and less transmissible microbes. Geez, it's almost like nature tends towards balance, moderation, and harmony...
Except that in this case, humans purposely screwed with the whole pattern via genetic manipulation, and made a more transmissible microbe a bit more strong and deadly, in order to cause fear/panic.
And I don't buy for a moment that it was "accidentally" leaked. It was purposeful and on time. This is why the Federal Reserve made some major and seemingly out of the blue changes in policy back in September of 2019, as if seemingly precognitive and they knew some global economic stuff was going to happen.
Or rather, perhaps those super wealthy bankers and banks might know a little more about what goes on in the inside than us plebes? Perhaps they have more say in what happens than publicly elected politicians and officials? Nah, couldn't be, that sounds like too much of a "conspiracy theory" says the coincidence theorists.