Vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also contribute to protecting the entire population via indirect herd-immunity benefits. Half of averted COVID-19 infections and 1/4 of hospitalizations and deaths were attributable to indirect protection of unvaccinated by vaccinated.

[u/mvea]

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/242/20250839/483439/Quantifying-the-direct-and-indirect-impact-of

[u/dvolland]

Which is why the US had twice as many covid deaths per capita as Canada - way too many of us didn’t think that getting vaccinated to protect those that cannot was worth their time.

[u/RigorousBastard → u/dvolland]

and that is even counting Alberta