Tornado Alley (PROG)

[DragonBear]

I know many people who have said the same thing and will never get this shot

Then they can get Covid, quite possibly many times, and suffer the consequences. But that doesn't bother me...

I originally thought 75 maybe 80 percent would ultimately get the shot - I am not sure it will get that high.

You'll probably correct. And that does bother me. Not because the anti-VAXers are ignorant of science, but rather the consequences to those who have been vaccinated. We'll have 30-40% of the population who will continue to be a walking reservoir of Covid mutations. No, it won't be a big problem for me to get a booster shot to take care of the E484 mutation or any other future major Covid mutation. Rather it will be the social consequences.

Little Freddies will be parading around, becoming infected first with the B.1.1.7, and after that variant runs its course, here comes the B.1.351 or P.1 to become the most prevalent. Then some future variant arrives. Driving up healthcare, and insurance costs for everyone. Especially as N% of the little Freddies become Long Haulers. But the most annoying will be the headlines of each wave. With calls from the Fed gov for everyone to keep masking up, maintaining social distancing. The little Freddies gleefully shouting (in between irregular heart beats), that the vaccine doesn't work. As stated previously... the hell with that!

Once those who wish to be vaccinated, have been vaccinated, then it's time to end the masks, social distancing. Those vaccinated will have done their part. They will have performed their social responsibility, and more importantly taken individual responsibility to not be a burden on society. Time to return to normalcy. If that means the infection waves speed up, making more little Freddies invalids for life, or preferably killing them, then so bee it. They made their choice.