"vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 61% for two doses against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations; VE increased to between 85%–92% after receipt of a third/booster dose."
"COVID-19 vaccines remain our single most important tool to protect people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death."
NHS: "Research has shown the vaccines help: reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 [...] There is a chance you might still get or spread COVID-19 even if you have a vaccine"
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavir...
Against the variants at the time: the mRNA vaccines were highly effective against symptomatic infection for those variants.
The virus mutated, and the messaging did as well. It was very clear from virtually every source I saw that Omicron deeply evaded vaccine immunity for symptomatic infection.
It's not their fault that you willfully misunderstand this.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0715-COVID-VE.html
"vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 61% for two doses against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations; VE increased to between 85%–92% after receipt of a third/booster dose."
"COVID-19 vaccines remain our single most important tool to protect people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death."