What is "Heard Immunity"?

[Taem]

Today in the United States, the CDC announced vaccinated individuals do not have to wear masks anywhere in public, either outdoors or indoors. It seems inevitable that it is only a matter of time everything opens back up. Having said this, those who chose not to get the vaccination are the ones whom put themselves at risk, not those who took the liberty to inoculate themself.

This is the problem. This idea right here.

Anything that keeps the virus alive and circulating increases the risk for everybody. Not just themselves, not just their family or neighbours, but literally everyone on earth. Anyone who is not innoculated, anyone who takes undue risks, anyone who increases the transmission risk of the virus, is doing serious harm. There are only three endgames: eradication, herd immunity, and endemic Covid-19. We've missed the boat on the first one, so now it's a race between vaccinations getting us up to herd immunity, and mutations that are resistant to the vaccines we have. The more people who are infected, the greater the risk of new mutations. This is not a hypothetical risk, new variants are evolving constantly. East Asian countries have shown that containment-until-vaccines is a workable strategy. But we have to actually follow the strategy, and anyone with a "it's my risk to take" mentality is missing the point in a very dangerous way - which was exactly Bolty's point above.

-Jester

I appreciate your response Jester! I honestly did not even consider that aspect of the virus since it is constantly mutating! So what do you think of the CDCs decision to stop the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals? Do you think people should be forced to get the vaccine to eradicate the virus?