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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
The point is so that the Governments, our 'leaders', can be seen to be doing SOMETHING tangible...
Sure, it's not 100% effective (But what is these days) but by organising the jabs, having people get them, and repoorting the % of people vaccinated etc, it gives the public some sense of hope - That progress 'IS' being made and that they are doing 'something' for us...
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This right there is what most government intervention and measures are all about with Corona. It's also how government works with most policies really. Vaccines, masks and closing schools and restaurants are all to show us they are doing something and so we can't blame them for the deaths that will inevitably occur.
They gambled on the vaccine since it's an mRNA type which is a first for vaccines. But fortunately it seems like it is working and will give you immunity for a few years at least. Like Idigmygirls said above, when the virus enters your body you won't get sick or get very mild symptoms if you do. When enough of the elderly get the vaccine then the deaths and hospitalizations will drop. They will also drop because all pandemics seem to Peter-out at about 18 months and then become endemic, meaning Corona will be one of the common cold virus' we have circulating with us every year.
The vaccine will work along with the immunity from people who have been infected already. The reason they say it won't fully protect us is because they want to make sure public opinion is 100% behind the idea of us opening after the vaccine before doing so.
Again they don't want to be blamed for anything and they know we WILL pin anything that goes wrong on them. And they are right.