> What am I overlooking?
You can get it more than once.
You can get it more than once.
>> You can get it more than once.
We were lucky that Omicron was relatively mild, the virus can mutate and become more deadly. The more people get infected the mutation risk increases.
Assuming that the protection of a previous infection is approximately equivalent to vaccination, then the GP’s question is spot on - after Omicron burns it’s way through the population, we will effectively be at “full vaccination”. At that point, what are we trying to contain?
Right now we are dealing with the fact that omicron hits hard, and fills hospitals. Here in Maine we did okay through previous waves, so we have plenty of people with no "natural" exposure to covid. Our hospitals are pretty much over capacity. So what happens if you get into a car crash and need medical attention if there's no room for you? It's somewhat unanswered.
Either option, thousands more will die and everything will be open in a year or two.