Thankfully it has R < 1, and so does not spread exponentially, so not everyone needs to be vaccinated. Ring vaccination can be effective.

I learned this, and much more, from TWIV.
https://pca.st/podcast/974eec20-280c-012e-06db-00163e1b201c

The pandemic demonstrated the we are no longer capable, if we ever were, of acting as a species for the good of our species. Individualism is in the ascendancy, and is exploitable, as we have seen.
That’s what keeps me awake at night.