The shot mandates may have something to do with that. My brother works on a college campus that is 98% shot up but some employees are walking off, some with only a few years to pension benefits. So, I'm thinking this is another engineered crisis, labor shortage, we need more migrants! This is how they roll.
I think with the truckers this will be the excuse to use self-driving trucks, eliminate drivers altogether.
Like you said, time will tell.