I know plenty of people that didn’t want to risk the newer stuff, but understood the collective issue of getting to herd immunity and took the normal version of the vaccine. To me this was very straightforward logic.
How does herd immunity make any sense when it was never tested for transmission?
There isn't much point in replying to trolls like @whatwhaaaaat who claim the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines "don't even work". It's just willful ignorance at this point.
I know, but per your second point, arguing the semantics against willful ignorance doesn't work.
I simply opt to point out that there was and is an old-school vaccine because the focus on the mRNA side of things baffles me.