Yes, that's me as well. Exactly! We no longer have mask mandates here, but I continue to use them where I think it's appropriate. Every bit helps.
And I especially agree that we should do the vaccines to protect ourselves (depending on age, health, etc), again every bit helps!
But my only issue is that we were lied to about the vaccines stopping the spread. That's a different thing altogether and has NOTHING to do with getting vaxxed to protect yourself. And yet kind, generous people, friends of mine lost jobs and businesses for nothing! Turns out that my vax status had NO effect on anyone else and vice-versa, as we were forcibly led to believe.
Melbourne, Australia endured the longest lockdown in the world! Got vaxxed to 95% (apparently), then finally opened up and cases soared and continued to do so. They did all this in spite of experts warning that this was merely delaying the inevitable. And it was not the unvaxxed "overloading' our hospitals sadly (that's an official statistic).
So, it wasn't a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" after all. Nice slogan though!
But that was precisely the reasoning behind the mandates! Easy to forget I guess, but I vividly remember reading the vitriol spat at the 'anti-vaxxers' right here on this forum.
My hat's off to them Govt./Media people. Clever chaps!
Proud to say I never had an issue with 'anti-vaxxers' from day one, even though I was on the other side. Many are friends and had genuine reasons. Two of them are Doctors!!
Anyway, sorry (but grateful) to all for my vent here, especially after being away for so long.
Sincere best to all and cheers!