Now, the people who took the shots with the promise of strong prevention, are seeing their similarly-dosed friends and family getting infected anyway. The jig is up. Maybe boosting isn't such a great idea, they may think after seeing the data.
HOWEVER, do they want to move from the cool kids table at lunch and sit with the "losers"?
The biggest bullies are the burnouts AND the popular kids.
Do they get boosted now, ASAP for some limited protection against the big bad Omicron? But they're being told it only lasts a couple of months. In mid March they'll be right back here, afraid of being unprotected.
Or do they "take the red pill" and realize the vaccines are not the answer. A never ending succession of booster shots cannot be good/healthy for them long-term. The virus is going to continue to mutate around the vaccines - by definition viruses mutate and the only virus variants that survive are the ones that can survive in the vaccinated. (many doctors warned us about "leaky" vaccines even before these very leaky vaccines came out)
I think you're right though - the MSM has used their usual tactics of demonizing vs praising/showcasing. It is the carrot and stick routine of the social media world. The vaccinated are portrayed as doing the right thing. The un-vaccinated are the cause of all our woes. (remember pandemic of the un-vaccinated?) Those dirty un-vaccinated types must be punished by loss of jobs, healthcare, access to businesses, etc. "Ostracize them!" These people would've done really well burning suspected witches.
They now have a captive audience in their 200+ million vaccinated. The vaccinated are faced with a hard choice - continue on the vaccine treadmill, knowing in just two months you'll be right back to this anxiety level, or admit you were wrong and abandon the group-think. It is usually harder for people to admit they were wrong than continue down an ill-advised path.