I was trying to point out that a vaccinated person is mostly protected from serious illness if they do contract the virus. I believe I said that later in the same post… but please reread your own post as if you were on the fence about getting a vaccine. If you can still get sick and possibly hospitalized, and you may have to continually get vaccines and then boosters and your still not fully protected not to mention the possibility of an adverse reaction to the vaccine, then why in the hell would anyone want to get a vaccine. The case the Cnc is trying to make for the vaccine isn’t cutting it.
vaccines still reduce the risk of severe infection and death .. the protection from a vaccine will help your immune system react to the virus . It also reduces spread and minimises the likelihood that the virus can mutate into something which can completely bypass antibody detection .
As I said , the covid vaccine is not 100% effective , not too many vaccines are . It still gives you a level of protection that you otherwise would not have . The risk for those unvaccinated is considerably higher than those who have been vaccinated . When someone is vaccinated , there is a lag time before protection kicks in and immunity peaks .. which likely contributes to the break through infections being seen . . A young person in general has a more robust immune response than someone older .. so immunity varies between individuals .. the same is true for vaccination acquired immunity and susceptibility to infection .
No one knows with any certainty what their experience with covid will be . Personally , I would rather support my Immune system as best I can .
As far as boosters and annual vaccination goes .. that has not yet been deemed necessary . Israel are currently conducting a trial of a booster dose to vulnerable elderly , (who may not have had as robust an immune response).
The vaccination programme has been underway for approx 8 months .(in that time more than 5.7 billion doses have been given worldwide still only 30% of the global population ) . Delta happened after the vaccines were produced and remains a bit of a wild card .. if it continues to spread uncontrolled then possibly a booster may be offered . Too soon to know if annual vaccinations will be warranted .