Part of the problem is certain things are political career suicide. And big pharma was doing a vaccine no matter what. No reason to die on that hill when it's going to happen anyway. Not to mention fake news said it was impossible to make him look bad, even though both the main vaccines were created by March.
Call me a doomer or whatever, but I think we've hit the point where it's more or less impossible to get rid of the deep state. The roots are too deep. I do think people fully intend to try, but once in a position of power, they realize the extent (and/or the death threats to them and their family). Look at all the politicians getting away with actual crime, and there's always an excuse in the courts or from an alphabet agency as to why nothing can be done.
Because the Biden/Harris ticket has the most extensive history of promoting systemic racism of any candidates we've seen in a long time. Admitting that would cause a feedback loop that would destroy the orange man bad hive mind.
The only real conspiracy here is the MSM refusing to cover Biden objectively and social media running blocker. Well at least until recently, as now they need Biden out of the way, so stories are starting to trickle through.
They are inflating the numbers, it's not a secret. Some states changed the rules specifically to get more countable cases. Ohio for example, stopped verifying that positive antibody tests were actually Covid 19 and just counts them all as Covid even though many are not.