My overall understanding of the situation is that this long pause on FSW draws has absolutely nothing to do with Covid anymore.
1) The second half of 2020 they had this FSW draws
2) International students are still allowed to enter and even many PNP nominated applicants have never set a foot in Canada before (They are basically in the same boat as outland FSW with a huge difference that they are meeting the specific demands of a certain province)
My suggestion for all of us is to basically forget about all these signs and predictions. Or else you gonna keep hoping for a coming month on a rolling basis. Creating an express entry profile with a high score is all that we could have control over. The rest is out of our control. I'd say I would just check my email once a day to see whether there is any email from IRCC or not. Other than that, I can't do much but to live my life.