Indeed 43, but we were hyped up so much. Remember 2 weeks to flatten the curve? Then 70% vaxed would give us herd immunity. Remember that line? Then we had to take the jab to protect the old and vulnerable but taking it offers them nothing at all Nada, zip.. Remember that coercion? We would be free to travel again. Blah Blah Blah. Empty promises all of them. Then we lost so many health workers who refused the jab that we have to shorten the isolation for the overworked sods who remain. How is a positive covid but vaxed worker better than a negative unvaxed worker?
We been led up the garden path for a product that promised so much but delivers very little. You can excuse it all you like. Some of us remember yesterday's hype though. You might say it has saved us from dying but many would argue. In the healthy population with a BMI less than that of a sloth, the survival rate is more like 99.9%
You can wax lyrical all you like but the old axiom, "you can't polish a turd" still springs to mind.