> If anecdotally there doesn't appear much difference in your circle, that's much weaker evidence
You can't compare studies looking at the population average with someone's specific social circle. Young people have a near-zero chance of getting severe disease anyway.
"substantial protection against severe disease with omicron" is irrelevant when the chance of severe disease is so low.
COVID was the #1 cause of death in the USA in 2020. Not just for morbidly obese 70+ year olds etc. Anyone saying that something which has killed near 1 million people just in the USA in the last two years is a minor risk are just flat wrong.
You can't compare studies looking at the population average with someone's specific social circle. Young people have a near-zero chance of getting severe disease anyway.
"substantial protection against severe disease with omicron" is irrelevant when the chance of severe disease is so low.