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Wish that we had given spare vaccines to poorer countries now with the latest variant being possibly the worst one originating from South Africa. I don't believe that we really needed to vaccinate under 16s....we could've donated those vaccines to poorer countries instead. Don't we realise that if we don't help the poorer countries that it will likely cause problems further on down the line?

I think that under 16s are okay to vaccinate. They're germ factories, and they can protect the adults that don't get vaccinated (Even though there's a WHOOOLE 'nother set of opinions I can give on that), or help protect against some of the breakthroughs. I don't think herd immunity will ever happen, but they'll help reduce cases. We do see cases in classrooms, and we do have to quarantine parts, if not all, of classrooms, school buses, sports teams. It can get hectic and confusing, and it's not fair to the kids to have to be out of school for ten days, or even longer in the case of repeated exposures, when a vaccine can keep the kids in school.

There has been more of a debate with the booster shots. While waning immunity definitely is a thing and is a valid argument in favor of booster shots, it can also be argued that these vaccines could be a shot in the arm for someone in a developing country. Of course, wealthier countries like the US tend to come first, unfortunately. This is how we get more variants spreading.