I think letting the shorted stock get delisted in the ultimate plan of the shorts. Not having to buy to cover changes tax on the profits. I may be wrong, but if it goes BK and delisted I think tax is 0 in the USA.
Remember........ It's better to wish you had bought a stock, than to wish you hadn't.
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