Again, I am vaccinated and see it as a positive risk/reward, but I am mystified by those who feel choosing not to get vaccinated is somehow harmful to society.


Israel and England are two of the most heavily vaccinated populations, but that did not stop vaccinated people from getting, spreading, and even dying from the Delta variant. It lowered the hospitalization rate and it lowered the mortality as advertised, but it did not stop the spread. Let me say that again so it sinks in . . . the vaccines did not stop people from getting and spreading the Delta variant in highly vaccinated populations.


Bottom line: Being vaccinated is the best action one can take to lower ones OWN risk of death; it does little to help "society".


The trouble is entities such as the CDC and WHO are doing little to explain that the flu is endemic. It mutates every year and will never be gone. At some point we need to realize that a certain percent of the population has been dying from the flu or similar respiratory illness since the beginning of human history and will continue to do so vaccine or no vaccine. Perhaps the percentage will remain elevated for another year or two, but, again, if you have chosen to be vaccinated you are doing all you can to protect yourself. If others choose to be unvaccinated they are only harming themselves, not you.