Many people seem to also disregard the long-term health implications to many recovered COVID patients. The number of people with long-term complications following hospitalization is not insignificant.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351
I completely agree with you. I know some COVID “long haulers”, including a woman in her 40s who was in excellent health and who went through a moderate case of COVID-19 (bad symptomcs but not hospitalized) about 7 months ago. She’s had severe back pain ever since then with no identifiable cause. She’s getting vaccinated in the hopes that it relieves that problem as it has for many long-haulers.
She hasn’t been able to work since then because of her health issues and this was a woman who was very active previously. That has a cost to society and to families.