The goal was to get as many people vaccinated first before being naturally exposed to the virus. That should cut down the fatality rate, along with the rest of

The goal was to get as many people vaccinated first before being naturally exposed to the virus. That should cut down the fatality rate, along with the rest of the lifelong damage the virus causes, by at least an order of magnitude. The goal was also to avoid the hospital system and ICUs collapsing, which should be a natural result of everyone getting vaccinated. Vaccine boosters yearly or every other year were also always discussed as early as March 2020 to deal either with waning immunity or reformulations to address antigenic escape.