> Everybody knows that this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. But if hospitalizations and deaths were almost exclusively occurring in the unvaccinated, why would booster shots be necessary?
There is a simple example of how both these “seemingly contradictory” statements can be true.
1. Suppose that being unvaccinated increases chance of death by a factor 10. Then, it would reasonable to call the pandemic a pandemic of unvaccinated
2. Suppose that the booster decreases the chance of death by another factor of 10. Then, many vaccinated individuals may still want the booster.
The authors argument is a example of reductio ad absurdum. The author attempts to argue against the vaccine by trying to show that getting the booster leads to a logical contraction by using a poorly reasoned absurd example.
I am disappointed to see such a poorly reasoned articles on HN.