Probably this is decided because of the ongoing problem in the whole world. There are a lot of problems currently in the world and that is obviously not ideal. The world has not recovered 100% from the Coronavirus situation and you already have the Russia and Ukraine problem. A lot of political problems are going on right now and among all of these problems, it was really hard to even arrange the world cup. So, I don't have any problems watching the world cup happening in November.
Agreed on COVID. The pandemic is still claiming hundreds (if not thousands) of lives every day, but the media is not giving much importance. Ordinary people have a false sense of security and believe that vaccination can protect them from the disease. A lot of vaccinated people are getting infected and some of them spend days or weeks at the hospital. The death rates are low for normal healthy people, because they already have the antibodies from the vaccine. More than half a million cases per day are being reported now around the world.