Here's a case from the Green Mountain state that illustrates the complete fallacy of this idea that all we need to do is somehow "protect the vulnerable" while letting everyone else do what they want.
There was a large gathering on October 7th at the Montpelier Civic Center for what was originally reported as a hockey match, but was actually a broom ball game. One individual who had known positive family contacts attended this event and didn't tell anyone. He has since been identified as the index case. Several people subsequently became ill and tested positive. This outbreak has now climbed to over 120 individuals, has spread to K-12 schools, a university and at least two nursing homes, and as of today, 4 individuals are still hospitalized (several more have since been discharged). Contact tracing is still on-going and the case number from this outbreak still grows, although slower than before. It has resulted in several schools temporarily shutting down to in-class instruction, many businesses closing, and hundreds of individuals now on precautionary quarantine. Prior to this, we had no community spread in Vermont since the spring. All because one selfish idiot felt that his need to play broomball trumped (deliberate use of the term there) the health and safety of everyone else. (I'm also thinking it probably wasn't absolutely vital that people gather to play broom ball...)
The vaccine news is good, but it will take much longer to make a dent in the pandemic if we don't all do our part to prevent spread.
