The COVID-19 pandemic

[bravado]

And looks like vaccine passports are gone.

Because our government is pathetic and run by those who pander to extremist anti-vaxxers.

This statement just gives more fuel to the real wacko anti-vaxx types. The vaccine passport exists to limit spread by keeping the more transmissible people out of enclosed areas. 

Omicron has changed this math and as a result, the passports have outlived their usefulness. Keeping them around protects almost nobody and only makes people more irritated and less compliant with the overall rules.