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>...rather than nasal/mucosal immunity which prevents infection via the upper respiratory system...

Who says?

Expansion of tissue-resident CD8+ T cells and CD4+ Th17 cells in the nasal mucosa following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.07.442971v1

>If there is vaccine escape (e.g. Delta) ...

The delta variant does not escape vaccines. They are extremely effective at preventing hospitalization even after antibodies have waned.



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