Real life never produces perfect examples. If consumption of psycho active substances in her/his life is unhealthy and dependent then I would also question any conclusions about that journey. But as far as the comment goes she/he doesn't provide any information on that. For many people drugs are entry point to deeper reflection and there is nothing wrong about that especially if one leaves the drugs behind at some point.
Freedom is amazing , true. But I am afraid you could be over optimistic saying that everyone craves it. Unfortunately many people have short-term goals that are more important for them than freedom…
I got three vaccine jabs and I am totally pro vax. But the unfortunately the majority of scientific data shows that fully vaccinated people still can spread Delta variant, because neither of the current vaccines has been tailored for Delta. For omicron this is probably even worse, since it is even more contagious. So I do not see how the narrative of COVID being spread by unvaccinated is true in the end of 2021.
You speak in absolutes, but it’s not like vaccines suddenly stopped working for Delta or Omicron variants:
> effectiveness against infection with the delta variant declined from 94.1% (90.5% to 96.3%) 14-60 days after vaccination to 80.0% (70.2% to 86.6%) 151-180 days after vaccination
80-90% is still infinitely better than zero. The “narrative” of infection being spread by the unvaccinated (also usually non-mask-wearers which doesn’t help) is obviously true, as logic would suggest, and hospitalization numbers everywhere confirm. Most recent data suggest slightly lower protection for Omicron, around 70%.
Not to mention, again, that hospitalization is still reduced by 95%+ even if infected which makes a huge difference for healthcare systems.
