I view the vax as a way to help lessen the side effects for more at risk people. Paxlovid anti-viral is a way to lessen the impact in early on-set.
Sadly, Medicare wont cover Paxlovid since 12/24. The cost for that med (for those on that insurance) is now absolutely outrageous.
I will say after my wife and I dealt with Covid over the holidays, it was no fun at all. We are both in our (60's/70's) and get vaxed for that reason + my immune system has been working over-time dealing with Cancer the last 3.5 years and a big surgery the last 6 mos.
So both made complete sense for us. Hell, we are still working through that last 10% of symptom and it's been about a mos now. I also put myself back on Vit D