[dent9876543]

Except that, once it had become clear that population immunity was not going to happen through vaccination, what happened? Yep... they ignored it, and continued to insist on vaccination.

They could have opened up. At least the risk taker would then have been able to make an informed choice for themselves.

But no. That would have meant a climb down. Better to continue with those casualties and deaths — its was only a small number after all.

[VagueMag]

It's pretty amazing that after it has become unambiguously clear that there are no herd immunity benefits at all to be realized from the COVID vaccines, many still have the perspective that there is some communal protection benefit that one contributes to by taking the shots.