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The vaccine doesn’t seem to be the panacea we were hoping for (still transmissible, merely reduces symptoms, unknown immunity duration, etc).
That's not accurate, they don't have the data yet.
Most likely the vaccine will mostly prevent or greatly minimize transmission, and will have a duration measured in years (single digit years, my SWAG is around two years).
Taking a big dent out of contagiousness (both viral load and duration) will reduce the overall R-value.