> I thought we could have cut the entire thing short by vaccinating everyone who wanted it, and letting them quarantine, while at the same time encouraging ever

> I thought we could have cut the entire thing short by vaccinating everyone who wanted it, and letting them quarantine, while at the same time encouraging everyone who didn't want to be vaccinated to socialize as much as possible (while watching hospital capacities carefully.) We sort of did do that because of how much policies varied from state to state and even from county to county or city to city within a state. For nearly any aspect of of pandemic response it is possible to find demographically similar counties that differed on that particular are and compare outcomes.