jgoins, because in the U.S. about two people are dying every minute. In the last 9 months the U.S. has had more coronavirus deaths than it had combat casualties in WWII. In some areas hospitals are overwhelmed and healthcare workers are wearing out. Many survivors have lasting and apparently long term effects - a classmate of my 32 year old son had a stroke from the blood clotting effect of the virus and will be disabled the rest of his life and he isn't alone. If we want to get past the mask wearing, social distancing, businesses suffering stage anytime soon (and it won't be immediate) people need to get the vaccine.