Oh there's certainly moral hazard for all of the muppets that fell in line with the interlocking "reopen" astroturf campaigns that cropped up during the lockdown, but it isn't due to false or misleading claims about vaccine efficacy. It was made clear from jump that 1. the vaccines did not confer perfect immunity and 2. continuous mutation meant the goalposts for protection were moving. Individuals that chose to accept either the narrative that we were all perfectly safe once vaccinated or that there was nothing to worry about in the first place because it was all a giant conspiracy are collectively responsible for Covid making the transition from pandemic to endemic.
It's impossible that covid could ever have not become endemic. It can transmit through animals, we're not going to vaccinate or kill all the animals, and we haven't found the source it actually came from.
No you don't, covid is infectious before it's symptomatic. Australia and China tried the closest working thing to that (incoming quarantine) and it was extremely expensive and eventually failed.
China also claims they've found it in fomites (inanimate objects) like frozen food shipments. Though, I dunno if I believe that one.
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