It seems to me that we have forgotten what an anti-virus vaccine is supposed to do. It is only intended to protect the individual vaccinated from the disease. It is not intended (medically, not politically) to keep someone else--anyone else--from getting the disease.
If a vaccine was 100% effective, those vaccinated would not get the disease. Period. It has nothing to do with spreading the disease to others who are or are not vaccinated. In other words, if you have been vaccinated with an effective vaccine, you stand a good chance of not getting the disease; if you are not vaccinated, there is some probability (less than 100%) that you can (not will) contract the disease.
We need to debunk the hype that a vaccination is the cure-all and that non-vaccination is the cause of the spread of a virus. These are simply not true—not even possible. A vaccination will not limit the potential of spreading the disease by a person (vaccinated or not) who acquires the disease. It has no effect on disease transmission at all. A side benefit of vaccination is that the person vaccinated will not spread the disease, but this is no different from the uninfected non-vaccinated person. If you don’t have the disease for whatever reason, you will not spread it.
The bottom line is this: If you have been vaccinated with an effective vaccine, you are less likely to contract that particular strain of the virus than someone who has not been inoculated. The reverse is true. It is also true that the person vaccinated against a particular strain of a virus may be equally at risk as the unvaccinated person against a variant strain of the virus. Remember the old days when the flu was a big deal? Every year a new vaccine has to be developed to address the current dominant strain of the flu. Same with COVID or whatever other virus appears on the horizon. As long as the virus is active, new variants will continue to appear.
The adaptability of a virus is currently unstoppable no matter what promises are made by the politico-medical community. Until this adaptability can be disabled, or vaccines that are effective, but less specific to a particular strain, are developed, the battle will continue. Incidentally, the current set of vaccines are a relatively new breed of anti-viral agents that are genetically engineered (thus experimental) to battle a virus. This is much different that the old style that utilized dead or limited amounts of living virus cells to trigger our individual immune systems. Since this new system is tampering with DNA in human bodies, the long-term effects are of utmost importance, and are unknown.
Good health in or out of a pandemic is the result of many factors such as age, overall health, a healthy lifestyle, and the use of common sense precautions to minimize contact with others who may have contagious diseases. If you are concerned about potential side effects of the current vaccines or whether you should be vaccinated or not, talk with your physician. You won’t find a legitimate answer on social media.