> as long as one can show proof of vaccination (necessary if you want to go to the restaurants, cinemas and museums).
This is the key point. If we had widespread implementation of similar restrictions we'd be around the same. Unfortunately here we have not just a lot of people but a lot of lawmakers, mayors, and governors who think not being able to spread a virus is an attack on their personal freedoms.
Or they recognize that Vaccination means you are protected from getting infected, and if you did get infected as a vaccinated person you have a 1:160,000 chance of hospitalization, and even lower chance of death making having a "vaccine mandate" simply a power grab with no basis in science or public health
This is the key point. If we had widespread implementation of similar restrictions we'd be around the same. Unfortunately here we have not just a lot of people but a lot of lawmakers, mayors, and governors who think not being able to spread a virus is an attack on their personal freedoms.