What about the immunocompromised? Those who can’t have the vaccine. To say nothing of breakthrough infections and the fact that the mutation rate is tied to the number of infections, and therefore a vaccinated person’s immunity could indeed be impacted by large contingents of unvaccinated persons being infected. And how about the financial cost of COVID? Perhaps we should make it so that if one gets severe COVID and has no proof of vaccination, all coverage of medical costs by insurance are voided. You can’t make a reasonable argument that society should be on the hook for paying for your life saving medical treatment when you intentionally deny free, effective preventative measures.
This focus on the immunocompromised is so strange to me. Bad flu season? Nobody really cared about them. Bad cold season? Again, nobody really cared about them. Yet covid comes around, the vaccines are produced, and suddenly everyone keeps talking about the immunocompromised. At some point, we have to just tell those who are immunocompromised that we're going to reopen society, and they have to be responsible for managing their own risk.
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