A recent submission[0] makes me think politicians, media and so-called TV experts should refrain from promising things that are misleading, deceiving and may have disastrous results in the short future. Vaccination shouldn't mean giving up on basic measures, but I believe it has been broadly advertised as such in this current year with, in a personal conclusion of mine, devastating results. In a few countries (such as Italy) in an ironic twist unvaccinated individuals were significantly more monitored due to mandatory testing every 48hrs for any work, while new spread and emerging variants seem to close the gap in transmission between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, as everyone minded their own business in overcrowded public transportation, gatherings et cetera. As others have mentioned in this discussion, hospitals and health services must still tend to a large pool of vaccinated people (significant majority of population in Western countries) that require medical attention and can overwhelm systems in place.
Even if everyone in these countries that are rolling third doses did get wholly vaccinated in a short amount of time to attempt to halt transmission in its tracks, the majority of the world where some of the latest VoCs originated (Delta, Omicron) are largely unprotected.
Everyone wants this to end but most people are also led to believe, willingly or not, something as basic as a vaccination will bring everything back to normal. It doesn't, it hasn't so far, has it?
Even if everyone in these countries that are rolling third doses did get wholly vaccinated in a short amount of time to attempt to halt transmission in its tracks, the majority of the world where some of the latest VoCs originated (Delta, Omicron) are largely unprotected.
Everyone wants this to end but most people are also led to believe, willingly or not, something as basic as a vaccination will bring everything back to normal. It doesn't, it hasn't so far, has it?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29412681