The problem in your scenario is that "finishing the job" was always about not letting hospitals be swamped That's the false premise that we accepted as true wh

The problem in your scenario is that "finishing the job" was always about not letting hospitals be swamped That's the false premise that we accepted as true when the majority of the electorate agreed to allow this shut downs to happen. No one justified lockdowns with "we need to eliminate covid" or "we need to vaccinate 50% people". That simply did not happen. The literal premise used by all govt officials was that all forceful covid mandates were only temporary and only to avoid healthcare collapse and to have time understand the virus. We are well past that point. The restrictions are still in place. The only thing being half assed is the job, as ny state aptly showed, and most of the federal vaccine distribution rollout continues to demonstrate. The truth is reasoned thinking was never part of the equation. If i am wrong, then please define "the job", and then find quotations from April or May 2020 stating that the "job" did not mean understand the virus and avoid hospital collapse.