Tons of goalpost moving here. "....the vaccine reduced severity of symptoms and chances of hospitalization." sounds very reasonable, except it lacks any argument in favor of mandates, vaccine passports, restriction of travel, and mass layoffs. Reducing disease severity and hospitalizations is a personal benefit, not a societal or community benefit, yet folks who didnt make a particular personal decision paid unfair consequences from the government and community based on reasoning very different than what is being presented today. The argument back then was you taking the vaccine stop the spread, which we know is false, but deemed disinformation 2 years ago.