> Looks like you're repeating some politicians' talking point without bothering to check it yourself - the existing vaccines have no noticeable effect on the sp

> Looks like you're repeating some politicians' talking point without bothering to check it yourself - the existing vaccines have no noticeable effect on the spread: If you assume that everyone except you just repeats something some other party has said then I don’t think there’s much to discuss here. I admit that I haven’t run studies myself, but I have read up what experts in virology and epidemiology have to say and I do have a bit of an understanding about how statics work. The studies you cite show the risk of spreading an infection once a person is infected and that’s the same or at least similar to what for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. There was hope that vaccines would also reduce that risk, but they do not significantly, at least from what we know today. However, this only is one very small piece of the puzzle. To spread, the virus needs to infect a person in the first place - and that risk is significantly reduced, even for the latest variants that partially escape the vaccine. So getting vaccinated significantly reduces both your personal risk and the risk of becoming a spreader.