> Vaccinating the entire population protects the vulnerable.
Only if it prevents spread, which was still an open question while it was being pushed in early 2021 and known to not work by the end of 2021.
Re:Why were Covid vaccine trials so fast?
by bryanlarsen on Friday June 26, 2026 @11:32PM
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It didn't work well because the vaccination rate didn't reach herd immunity levels. It still helped.
And that's still true for everyone that lives in human society. The disease killed ~7 million people and would have killed far more without the vaccine. Almost all of the deaths were in the vulnerable, like is the case for most diseases. Vaccinating the entire population protects the vulnerable. The moral choice as one of the not-vulnerable is to either get vaccinated or be a hermit.