There is no wrong or right answer here. I appreciate your perspective(s), whether or not we agree. I factored out the politics, in my own thought process. The rush for a "cure" without proper documentation, is clearly not healthy. Putin wanting to expose people, and not having reached a third clinical trial, would not be a safe bet. The U.S. came late to the game, and it is in your own best interests, to monitor and manage what works for you. Stay well.
Evolution works by selectively minimising or maximising the population of those with or without certain characteristics. The end result is that the population is more suited to the environment.
However, humankind works well, because it can benefit from the contributions of those who cannot survive independently. Think of Sir Stephen Hawking, contributing with his mind, when his body could not function ; or even something as simple as spectacles, which allow people to be productive even after their eyesight degrades.
Allowing people to die from a pandemic, would make humankind more resilient to that pandemic, but would that be useful ? Why not instead cull babies who aren't tough enough, as the Spartans did by leaving them overnight on a hillside ? Why not get the FBI to doctor illegal drugs with poison and sell them cheap ? Why not have euthanasia for those who aren't clever enough ? Why not relax vehicle emission rules, to kill off those with poor lungs ?
Funny how so many of those who say the world is overpopulated, are quite happy to contribute to that overpopulation. I have little time for those who protest and campaign for change, when they aren't making any personal and practical contribution to solving the problem.
e.g. Extinction Rebellion activist, mother of 9 children.
https://www.worldnewj.com/mother-who-married-isis-fighter-was-among-those-arrested-at-extinction-rebellion-protests/
Nope no thanks I will pass
If the situation becomes serious enough, then vaccination will be mandatory for many of the activities which we want and enjoy ; just as face-coverings are currently mandatory, for many of the activities we currently want and enjoy.
Customers have a choice, and businesses which have a vaccination policy ( mandatory or not ), will get the customers who want that. USA may be different to UK, because the UK National Health Service means those who are careless with their health are supported by the state ; leading to mandatory seat belts and motorcycle crash helmets.
If it becomes mandatory as a condition of employment, maybe I'd get the vaccine. Or maybe not, because I've worked from home for the last 5 months and have only gone into the office maybe 4 times. It may not come to that - back in the day when H5N1 was a thing, we were told, "report if you had the vaccine", but actually getting the vaccine was voluntary, as was reporting it. So, of the people that said "got it!", some probably lied. The people that said "nope!" were probably telling the truth, and it's anybody's guess what percentage of non-reporting folks got the vaccine and never bothered to tell.
Mandatory vaccination in certain situations, if it comes, will likely do so in the same way as the ban on drink-driving ; public opinion has to come first. The Prohibition Era was a "good" example of it being done in reverse.
I'm concerned by the high incidence of people meeting in large groups and / or not wearing face coverings "on principle" it being "a breach of their civil liberties". They are likely to be the ones who would refuse a vaccine. Perhaps they are also on principle not following the guidance to wash their hands.
Every civil liberty has the means to cause severe damage to our civilisation, if it is exercised at the wrong time and place, by too many people. It is selfish of those who do that, for themselves ; either for personal conveniece, or to somehow claim they are standing up for the rest of us who are too frightened or lazy to exercise our rights. As with vaccination, it doesn't need 100% compliance to be effective, so there can be some exceptions ; but if those who can, do, it leaves some slack in the system for those who can't.
I will take a vaccine when I’m convinced it is safe. If it is one that is rushed to be released for an election or some other political reason, no thanks. If there’s an option that is considered safe and effective by scientists, WHO, and my own doctor, I will take it.