First of all, the number of places where you need to wear a mask inside of stores is fairly tiny. Second, for those places with mask mandates for shops, it's really hard to check everyone for vaccine status and really easy to see if someone is wearing a mask.
As for restaurants... where do you need to wear a mask in a restaurant these days? I often wear it when talking to the host, just to be polite, but that is the only moment I wear a mask in a restaurant.
As for vaccines, they are the "answer" because they dramatically reduce hospitalizations and all of the downstream catastrophes that come from overwhelmed hospitals.
As for restaurants... where do you need to wear a mask in a restaurant these days? I often wear it when talking to the host, just to be polite, but that is the only moment I wear a mask in a restaurant.
As for vaccines, they are the "answer" because they dramatically reduce hospitalizations and all of the downstream catastrophes that come from overwhelmed hospitals.