Yes, and the middle is open up, protect the vulnerable, give the vaccine to anyone who wants it with proper informed consent and without coercion (vaccine passports etc) and lets get on with our lives. The problem is no one is discussing this reasonable response.
Critical thinking people can see that there is something not quite right with the presented narrative. So we find ourselves trying to find information that counters that narrative in the hopes that we can come up with something that resembles truth. I post things to try and inform others and myself because the flip flops and gaps in the logic of the narrative are too great to ignore and too much is at stake.
Unfortunately most people have forgotten or never understood
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth" ― Albert Einstein