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Herd immunity protects the unvaccinated. It doesn't protect the vaccinated part of the herd. Probably in about two months, everyone who wants the vaccine will have been offered it. So if they are still in the unvaccinated part of the herd, it is by choice. There are some people who cannot be vaccinated due to medical conditions - I'm not talking about them.
Once we hit the point where the unvaccinated part of the herd is that way by choice, I will no longer go out of my way to protect them. This is not fair to the people who cannot be vaccinated. But as sad as that is, it is still not a justification to force vaccinate people. Or make everyone wear masks forever. You just can't do that. It's somewhat like people with peanut allergies. We can certainly try to be sensitive to their needs, but banning peanuts outright is a step too far. You can't force people to be good and caring - it doesn't work. So there will still be some cases where an individual strongly wants to be vaccinated, cannot be, then gets covid, and dies. Very sad, but it cannot be 100% prevented.
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