Vaccines provide herd immunity. It’s not like bullet proof armour that only protects the wearer! We all need to get it for the population to be protected.

You getting more sick because you’re unvaccinated means you spread it to others. Babies. The elderly. The immune compromised. And so on.

What I don't understand is how it's possible to be two years into a pandemic, and people are still ignorant of this.

Especially now that measles is spreading again because the vaccination rate has dropped below the herd immunity level.

> If you’re still waiting for herd immunity for COVID-19, it's time to move on: Experts

> As scientists learn more about the virus, they say herd immunity won't work.

Are there places where herd immunity was achieved due to vaccination?

Acquiring a licence does not require an experimental gene therapy with alarming or unknown side effects.

As the dust is settling and more is becoming known, will apologies be forthcoming? Can forgiveness ever be expected for the terrible and life-changing oppression imposed and encouraged over the last few years?

I don't think the "i read something on facebook, vaccines=bad!! also, furthermore..." folks are the type that would offer apologies, I'm afraid.

Well this obviously relates to people who don't vaccinate out of ideology.

And while "why" is not always easy to figure out, if someone calls me a "sheep" for getting a vaccine or argues with a minimum-wage worker about a mask policy, I will associate their "why" with "ignorance". If they conspicuously fake a cough near others, I downgrade their "why" to "malice" and feel quite justified in discriminating against them.