So your statements in this thread were meant to be civilised debate?
I called Peter Hitchen a melodramatic idiot because that is exactly what he is being. He got the vaccine because he wanted the protection but wanted to try to make some ludicrous point about only doing it because he was coerced to try to avoid being shown to be full of shit about it being unnecessary. He is a rich famous notoriously stubborn white bloke. No way he was coerced and felt he had no choice.
Under normal circumstance those who refuse without a genuine medical condition (usually a previous reaction to a vaccine, an autoimmune issue or pregnancy) are either ill-informed or selfish or both. In a pandemic I'll add idiots.
Paying taxes, abiding by laws and being vaccinated for the greater good are part of the social contract we should all abide by.
As for not defending your previous statements perhaps you are just trying to avoid defending your views because you can't?