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What would things be like if those shots had gone through the normal process?

We might still be in a nationwide lockdown, with the economy in worse shape than it is now. Apart from questions of safety and effectiveness, the vaccines broke the back of the lockdowns.

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We might still be in a nationwide lockdown, with the economy in worse shape than it is now.

I disagree. The vaccines allowed blue states and metro areas to setup draconian vaccine passport measures that further crippled the economy.