You overlook the point that testing people exponentially will obviously produce an exponential increase in positive tests.
Other countries that aren't testing to the extent we are don't appear to have the cases we do. Doesn't mean that they or we actually have less or more cases.
As for the cost of so called long covid, we were forever being told about the long term costs of lung disease and cholesterol and obesity and diabetes... ie there is always something. It's just that TCV is the current 'thing'...
Along with global warming and everything else, that is.
And the whole point of being vaccinated is to reduce the likelihood of being hospitalised, so it is of no surprise that the majority of people in hospital with it aren't vaccinated. Highlighting that single point might get through to those who get their medical advice from Faceachebook. The other third would probably be in hospital for one reason or another.