We don't live in a comic world - things aren't black and white. People die from the virus with or without vaccination - what matters is how many.
> Never have we mandated flu shots
Flu shots are already mandatory in many countries for many professions, e.g. in the US military. Should we encounter a pandemic strain with similar IFR as SARS-Cov-2 in the future (and the likelihood of that happening in the next 100 years is very high) I'm certain we will see mandates.
Even the Flu shot, its not very clear that it actually does work, and is not just a statistical effect of selection bias. The people most likely to take the flue shot are already from a subgroup that cares more about their health, if you add in young and healthy people in the military it skews things even more. Sure you can show that the group that took the flue shot died less.
But its mostly a statistical effect. The sickest people and the ones that are near death already, or neglect their health are the most at risk of dying from the flue. They're also the group that will not take the flue shot, or will not be prescribed.
Its easy to convince yourself that cheering for your team has an effect on how well they play.
The companies doing the research also have financial incentive to show that it works.
But honestly, mandating a half walk everyday, will probably be more beneficial to the US population than any flue or covid vaccine. Since both diseases are so tied to BMI, weight and its complications like diabetes.
This right here. Mandates are hypocritical and people are supposed to blindly accept that. It is hard to even bring it up in certain circle without automatically labeled a right-wing anti-vaxer Nazi who deserves to die.
> People die from the virus with or without vaccination - what matters is how many.
The narrative is constantly shifting. Government health agencies move goalposts faster than QAnon. We were told we could go back to normal with vaccines, and it simply isn't true. COVID isn't going away. A vaccine doesn't mean you still can't contract, spread and die from the virus. It is almost cynical at this point seeing Biden walking around without a mask, and other politicians in large groups without them until the cameras turn towards them and then they put them on.
IMO almost all the restrictions have been in vain, and so those that were quick to get the vaccine after Biden pushed for it now just blame the people that didn't get it. Now we're being told that getting a vaccine only helps improve things marginally, but that they are still uncertain. Recent reports have even shown that more people are dying that are vaccinated than those that aren't. Statistics have always been pretty easy to manipulate. Remember when we were told that Hillary had a 98% chance of winning? Or Biden thought that Virginia was an easy win?
> Never have we mandated flu shots
Flu shots are already mandatory in many countries for many professions, e.g. in the US military. Should we encounter a pandemic strain with similar IFR as SARS-Cov-2 in the future (and the likelihood of that happening in the next 100 years is very high) I'm certain we will see mandates.