From what we now know, you’re laying out a false choice. There’s a third choice, involving ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, which we now know would’ve saved many/most/all of the lives of that 1.6%, except for the politicization of science.
The bottom line is these experimental vaccines were only given temporary FDA approval because there were no other viable treatments. That was a lie, and temporary approval of the experimental vaccines should be eliminated.
That’s true. That is a valid third alternative. And I have ivermectin on hand.
It seems both are effective at preventing illness and reducing the illness in the early stages. But my impression is that neither is as effective as the vaccine at prevention. But neither has a significant rate of side effects either.
If I was in charge, I wouldn’t have stopped the vaccines. But we’d have much better data on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin. And those drugs would be available to the public.