[ckissick]

It seems to me that once about 70% or so of the people get vaccinated, we should go completely back to normal, and not doing so would do more harm than good in the long run. They say if you are vaccinated there's still a small chance you can get covid, but you are very unlikely to get hospitalized and there's no chance of dying.

If we all are allowed to mix and swap germs, we will get exposed to the covid virus from time to time but will get no symptoms and not even know it, or get mildly sick. And we will build up even more immunity. Eventually, covid slips into the background and joins all the other viruses that have been lurking out there for centuries. Those who don't want to take the vaccine may do so at their own risk. They won't harm the vaccinated, and there won't be enough of them in hospitals to overwhelm them. Eventually, they, too will fade into the background of annual cases.

So: Not opening up soon does more harm than good. Am I wrong?