Once again your right, there have been so many discussions about Covid 19 with links to evidence that I sort of assume people have been following all the discussion's, assumption being the mother of well - most guesswork, I suppose. :) In fact guess work is very popular with Covid 19, there has been a huge amount of research on what is in effect a novel virus in a developing situation keeping up to date with this virus can be a real challenge. Even over the relatively short period since Covid 19appeared retraction watch has listed some 278 retractions and 16 expressions of concern. I would really recommend the you tube podcast This Week in Virology which is chaired by Vincent Racaniello, a Professor of Virology and usually involves a team of researchers or Clinical staff discussing the latest research. Its the most current source I can find and they also include various high profile guests.
I think you may have misunderstood my use of polio as a model for understanding how continuous exposure to a pathogen can protect against disease. Polio only becoming a serious problem after improvements in hygiene reduced natural exposure. With polio there is only humans that act as its host and there has and is an ongoing campaign that has the aim of eradication. Unfortunately the increases in polio and the evidence of the virus surviving for significant periods in sewage along with the evidence that vaccine derived virus is being transmitted as vaccination rates have waned has blunted some of the optimism.
This discusses the history of polio
https://www.britannica.com/science/polio/Polio-through-history
I don't think anyone expects Covid 19 to disappear its so far been identified in some 54 animal species and cross species transmission does occur. So the interest is in changes in the viruses transmission and disease severity. So first some of the latest figures (the video's are quite long so I've included some time indicators) In TWiV 957 from 9 minutes to 12 there are mortality figures. Then at 17 minutes to 27 minutes there is research on the latest estimates of vaccine effectiveness which is rather worrying.
In TWiV 959 at 24.50 to 26.15 there is more detail on the Omicron variant then at 27.30 there is more detail about the effects of the bivalent vaccines. If you let the video run they look at T cell responses and tell us that authorisation for most monoclonal's has been removed you can stop it at 37.
My somewhat uncharacteristic optimism about the likely evolution of this virus is based on what little we know about the crossover of previous Coronaviruses into the human population, a partial understanding of the fitness requirements for this virus to succeed and how the virus has developed so far. These are discussed at;
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03619-8
Because of the limited information we have and the inherent uncertainty in predicting the future I thought I'd back this up by consulting the I Ching I got the hexagram "Harmony" it said, "Earth seems to be above heaven (the sky), and heaven is on earth. The gravity of matter merges with the upward radiation of light to create a condition of deep harmony." I don't know what that means but I suspect I might have to sing.