That's not to say those kinds of NPIs weren't very important at earlier phases of the pandemic.
That's not to say those kinds of NPIs weren't very important at earlier phases of the pandemic.
Primary immunization with two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or BNT162b2 vaccine provided limited protection against symptomatic disease caused by the omicron variant. A BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 booster after either the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or BNT162b2 primary course substantially increased protection, but that protection waned over time. (Funded by the U.K. Health Security Agency.
Don’t get me wrong they oversold the vax. But what I quoted are the key words here. If Trump’s vaccines turn COVID into a literal cold for all but the most compromised of individuals… it works.
Note that immunocompromised people are still protected by vaccines and some are not even higher than average risk; maybe they need a second booster and that's all.
On social media I've noticed they all think they're going to die but that's because they get all their news from irony poisoned podcasters.