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You make a good point about the USA not reaching herd immunity. I don't think we will either. There are too many people who have chosen not to take the vaccine. However, that is their right. We are rapidly approaching our maximum vaccination level, which I'm guessing will eventually come to about 2/3 of the population. I imagine that the yearly flu shot will now also include a yearly covid component. It may end up being two shots due to different storage requirements for the vaccines. This will be "the new normal" if what I'm imagining comes true. But as time goes on, the 1/3 that have chosen not to be vaccinated will not be the ones dictating how society runs. Masks will fall by the wayside. Limiting business capacity will go away. Bans on this or that type of group gathering will be history. Similar to how the flu season works. You never saw the general public wearing masks full time to protect those that chose not to get their flu shot. It will be the same for covid eventually.
I hated it in years past when I'd go in to work and some fool was sitting at their desk coughing and sneezing, evidently trying to prove how loyal they were to the company to come into work when they were sick. Usually I would just turn around and leave the office, going back home to work from there. I was lucky to have that path available to me, most people don't. If I was sick, I never would dream of going into the office. I'm thinking (hoping) that people who have done this drag yourself into work when you are sick stunt will reevaluate their behavior now that covid has taught us a few things.
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