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.
I don't think people who took shots are sheep - people with comorbidities, who are older, etc., taking a shot that offers a 94% reduction in infection likelihood seems like a fair trade off vs long-term clinical trials.
But the vective spewed at those who suggested that VE may wane, the potential long-term downside impacts of these shots, and so on, has been disheartening/bordering on angering. A key element of "science" is assiduous disputation...unless it's political science.
Now we have a SCOTUS case, that can potentially erode fundamental civil rights, arising from a mandate to take shots with zero VE against Omicron per this study. SOLELY on the basis of zero VE, the case should be dismissed.
I've seen a few people become red-pilled recently. I hope it continues.
“.....continue on the vaccine treadmill, knowing in just two months you’ll be right back to this anxiety level...”
Why, of course! Starbucks knows all about this with over 20,000 locations in the U.S. And now the walk-ins are closed half the time and people are relegated to a 30-minute wait in a drive-thru pickup line - not to mention that most of the help are the freaks of our society.
Thank goodness I kicked that habit!