The vaccines clearly diminshed the severity of delta in those who were vaccinated. Is it a leaky vaccine? Yes. Is it perfect? No. But Mexico did nothing on this front and their mortality was very great. Young people with no comorbidities ended up with ARDS and dead by the scores. The point is that extra undocumented population skewed the data for Texas falsely and led to quite the showdown with the masking and the lockdowns last year.