re: Have any of the "Pure Bloods" been able to cash in yet...

If you want a serious answer: Because me and the homies predicted (correctly) that COVID would eventually become a mild seasonal illness. The original one sucked (I had it pre-vaccine) but it's gotten weaker and weaker. The shots worked pretty well for the original strain but have gotten less effective and honestly less necessary now.

I'm under no illusion that any strain was deadly except to people who were obese, old, sickly, etc. but the shots weren't/aren't either.