It's such a divisive topic. People on both sides are looking at the other with distain. For me, I'm still on the fence. I've got several friends that worked in hospitals that were overrun at the peaks of the pandemic. 40 bed units turned into 120 with the same staff working, had there been no lockdown then its undeniable that many, many more fat and old people would have died. Hard to call that 'no big deal'. At the same time, perhaps a larger net negative effect of lockdown with the ruining of businesses and mental health/other ailments.

No one can deny that the vaccine bypassed normal safety procedures... or that its currently very effective with minimal side effects (even though I don't want to get sick for just 1 or 2 days unnecessarily!!

The deciding factor, unfortunately, will be how much it affects freedoms. I'll fully protest if it does, but get it because I've got a long-ass bucket list of cool shit that's getting fucked with enough already KMT.