I’m sorry your friends got ill and hope they recover soon. Yes breakthrough cases stink but it’s good they are milder than without the vaccine. Unfortunately this will just have to run its course. The only way to make it worse is for the government to impose more restrictions. At least in areas with decent levels of vaccinations hospitals and ICUs are not overrun.
Yep, if it’s no worse than a bad cold or flu, no big deal.
And I guess it’s darned if you do, darned if you don’t in terms of messaging. No matter how one chooses to describe the delta variant, the types that still have yet to get vaccinated will twist it to justify their decision. Seems like the only thing getting through to some people is suffering a personal loss/close call. And that’s sad. But as you said, things have to continue.