I bet you also said “3 weeks to flatten the curve!”
The vaccines were working perfectly in that regard until we hit a wall of people unwilling to take them, which brought us in the US to where we are today when antivax lag hampered us from outrunning the delta variant.
Iceland[1], with >70% vaccination rates, is seeing much different outcomes even in spite of record infections.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iceland-covid-su...
If 99% vaccination rate will not achieve herd immunity, what will?
This is misinformation. Israel has the highest vaccination rate in the world. 50% of their new cases are “breakthrough cases”
No, if you check my comment history you will see that I said something along the lines of don't flatten the curve, kill it with longer, harsher lockdowns. Just search for my top downvoted posts. I still maintain that stance, two months of harsh worldwide lockdowns would have killed the spread completely and we would have been completely opened by the middle of last summer. Australia almost managed it alone, and a bit more of the world joining them could have.