[honie]

Maybe I'm missing your point: but wouldn't one be more concerned if there are more people vaccinated and the number of cases is higher?

Also, I was under the impression that the long-term effects of COVID isn't well understood yet, and that people who are vaccinated can still be carriers. If I'm not mistaken on both accounts, then everyone should be just as cautious until basically the majority of the population is vaccinated -- otherwise those who are vaccinated are basically just walking around infecting those who aren't since everyone has the guard down?

Edit: potentially abrasive choice of word.

[tomjen3]

We aren't close to having issues with hospital capacity, while long covid is an issue, the fear was always overrunning the hospitals and the old people. The first isn't an issue and the rest are vaccinated.

[honie]

That's fair enough. We were lucky that hospital capacity wasn't much of a problem, but the lack of vaccination coverage together with a lot of... questionable strategies and mixed messages has done us in.

Given there are still a lot of unknowns with the virus, I still think we should all be more cautious. But it's just personal opinion at this point, so I don't want to dwell on that.