[kennywinker]

> Government lost the trust of an entire generation of people by trying to force them to do something against their will.

81% of the US has had at least one dose of a covid vaccine. Governments lost (but probably never had) the trust of about 1/5 of americans, 1/10 of canadians, etc.

I have no regrets for taking the vaccine. The reduced risk of infecting the people around me (especially loved ones) who are at-risk was worth a sore arm for a half a day. I’m acting in the best interests of not just myself but the people i love and my community in general. You’re deeply over-stating how widespread the sentiment you describe is.

[dukeofdoom]

Did the vaccine stop the transmission, when almost everyone contracted covid anyway at this point. There's plenty of evidence that natural immunity is the superior immunity. Which would mean that the vaccinated were more likely to contract COVID multiple times, and thus more likely to spread over the last two years.

[kennywinker]

“Natural” immunity would have to be much much better than vaccine immunity to outweigh all the first cases prevented by the vaccine in terms of total amount of virus shed into the world. When studies find a difference between”natural” and vaccine immunity (if they find a difference) it’s very small - so i don’t think this idea holds up.