[FjolsvithAase]

Yet, with the COVID vaccine, you still spread it, too:

https://theexpose.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pierpont-Why...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7031e2-H.pdf

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897733

So, how could the outcome at the societal level be worse?

[chki]

While a vaccine is not 100% effective in preventing the spread of new cases it is at least somewhat effective.

[ralmeida]

Do you have a source for R0 being _absolutely equal_ in vaccinated vs unvaccinated?

[FjolsvithAase]

Give them time.

[ralmeida]

Time can also yield better vaccines, a policy of recurring vaccine doses (like the yearly flu shots), and milder variants that can emerge and become dominant, like some believe is what happened with the Spanish Flu.