“This is where I think the COVID vaccines fall short...for most people, the risks are extremely small. Vaccinate the high-risk groups if needed, but leave the healthy populations to their own immune systems.”
The vaccines were never approved/nor intended to be used in the young and healthy populations.
Use them with patients in nursing home/senior centers and people like me in my 80’s, with a cardiac stent, CHF and Central sleep apnea (csa). Finally, use with patients with immunocompromised problems.
Most 1-20 ages and under people have minimal problems and are asymptomatic and do not need a vaccination. They seldom need to be treated.
The basic healthy people ages 21-65 can be treated with the simple out patient drugs on the market and avoid going to the hospital. We had one 56 year old son and a 50 year old son, who adopted us, get the crud. They were/are basically in excellent health and the crud hit them like a mack truck.
Within a few days on the oral outpatient treatments, they started feeling better and finished the 5 day treatment. It took them about 2-3 weeks to feel halfway decent. 6-8 weeks, later, they are okay. No one in their immediate families ever had any real disease symptoms.
“Finally, use with patients with immunocompromised problems.”
Yes and no to that. The husband of a friend of mine at church caught a mosquito-born illness while spending time in South America as a missionary. He was so ill it took months to recover. He cannot return to that country now because they require the shot. Why can’t he receive it? Because his doctor said his immune system was so damaged from treatments he could contract COVID from the shot, and/or God knows what else. Basically told them the shot was too dangerous and he should/could not safely take it.
Your ideas are sound but out leader is pitifully out of touch and being used by our enemy.