Do you believe the vaccine was essential in ending the Covid era?

1. Yes, it was absolutely essential
2. It saved lives but wasn't strictly necessary
3. No, we would have been fine without it
4. Other

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2 the main outcomes of vaccines were saving the lives of high risk individuals and keeping people out of hospitals, which certainly helped get us out of the Covid era

This would have happened naturally regardless, just with more lives lost and a longer time horizon