"why can't we vaccinated let them reap the consequences" Because they won't reap it alone, everyone else will. COVID is not 'bad' because of the case fatality

"why can't we vaccinated let them reap the consequences" Because they won't reap it alone, everyone else will. COVID is not 'bad' because of the case fatality rate - it's dangerous, but if just a few people had it, it wouldn't be huge cause for alarm. What makes COVID evil is it's virality. The contagion means a lot of people get it, a lot of people suffer, and systematically it causes all sorts of lingering problems. For example - as long as it lingers, pretty much all of Healthcare System is seriously hampered and compromised. Every person who gets sick or who undergoes some kind of serious thing (i.e. surgery after accident) is going to be 'much more vulnerable to COVID' etc.. COVID is not an individual problem, it's a systematic problem. That clashes with notions of choice, freedom, and individuality etc. - which makes it a particularly pernicious issue from a Public Safety perspective. Edit: It's usually evident to me why my comments are downvoted, I should say in this case, especially without any reasonable retort ... I'm at a loss, but I'll triple down on my comment: until smart people get it in their heads that the issue is systematic and mostly not individual - then we're not going to be make progress. It's not a question of 'I Am Vaccinated' - it's a question of getting to 'Effective Herd Immunity' and suppressing the net virality / R0 of the virus. It's an issue that exposes the material fact that we live in communities whether we like it or not, and that this may challenge some of our assumptions about 'liberty' - then take it as an opportunity for a little bit of personal development, but in the meantime, reality is not waiting up, so we have to get with the program together, or face the consequences, together.