"it would have been worse...." and that is because the TV told them that the shots don't keep you from catching or spreading COVID, but they will definitely reduce symptoms and keep you from dying.

But I do have several friends who apparently caught COVID early on in 2019 and they were very sick -- they said it was worse than anything they'd ever had.

Since Omicron, I have not heard of a single person saying they have anything worse than "mild." Must be the vaxxes doing their work, right?