> The evidence that others are protected through a vaccination is pretty much non-existent No the evidence that it protects against severe disease is pretty st

> The evidence that others are protected through a vaccination is pretty much non-existent No the evidence that it protects against severe disease is pretty strong. But there is no need to even go into that discussion. The evidence that hospitals will be less stressed if more people are vaccinated, so that my risk of (say) getting care delayed for a heart attack or broken bone, is important. > in order to prevent one more case We aren't preventing nearly any cases now with Omicron. The protection is just too low. But the protection against severe disease and death is good. Everyone will get omicron (or a later even more infectious variant) eventually. The question is: how many of them will be severe? How flat will the peak be of severe cases? Vaccinations at this point are about societal risk and severe disease. It's not about individual risk or preventing infection.