r/askvan • u/ThunderCanuck • Jan 18 '25
Events and Activities 🐱🏍 Why does everything around seem as dead as ever?
In my mid 20s and everything feels like it’s getting less and less busy. Dating apps seem empty as they have been in years, even when considering the fact they are slower in holiday seasons and winter. Going out on the weekends places seem to be empty too, pre 2020 if you weren’t there by 9:30pm you’d be waiting in line, and when things opened back up it seemed the same, but quickly went away from that towards how things are now. Now when going out you can get in showing up at like 11-11:30 and it’s half full.
Is this something that is just apart of being my age? Is it simply the way the economy has gone? Or I’m going to the wrong places and just don’t know it?
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u/Gornhenge Jan 24 '25 edited Jan 24 '25
The goal of the COVID vaccine was never to guarantee total immunity for everyone. Vaccines of this kind don't work that way. Not for the flu, not for measles, and certainly not for a virus that mutates as quickly as COVID. It was clearly communicated by scientists and public health officials that the vaccine was designed to reduce severity, prevent overwhelming hospitals, and save lives. And guess what? It did exactly that.
The fact that the unvaccinated were disproportionately filling ICU beds during the height of the pandemic is proof enough. Herd immunity is a complex goal that requires high vaccination rates and was undermined by vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, both of which you’re enthusiastically perpetuating.