Given that reality, the only responsible choice is for everyone to suck it up and wear a mask.
Now had the unvaccinated in the US bothered to get vaccinated, the Delta variant might never have taken hold.
That's conjecture. A conclusion from this study[1] is that vaccines correlate with dominance of fitter variants, including Delta. That suggests that it's possible that vaccines allow them to propagate.
"the decline in lineage diversity was indeed correlated with increased rates of mass vaccination. Furthermore, the decline in lineage diversity was coupled with increased dominance of the B.1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.1.617 (delta) and P.1 (gamma) variants of concern, suggesting that these variants may be “fitter” SARS-CoV-2 lineages.”
[1] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.01.21259833v...
Oi vei.
You will pay the price along with them.
So long as the pandemic persists, any number of our systems are compromised, especially our healthcare system.
You still have a decent chance of getting COVID even with the vaccine, though it'll likely be mild, you can still be hospitalized and face consequences.
The vaccine is not a 'seat belt' i.e. just an individual action resulting in some individual consequence, it affects everyone.