At the time there were inflated Israeli data that suggested a reduction of risk of asymptomatic infection by 94%. Except, they were extrapolations because they

At the time there were inflated Israeli data that suggested a reduction of risk of asymptomatic infection by 94%. Except, they were extrapolations because they were done on the general population, not on regularly-tested people. UK's SIREN had a lower risk reduction recorded (60% IIRC), but more importantly, it halved after three months. Governments and others thought, wrongly, that elimination was possible. But the writing was on the wall since March 2020.