Apart from total lock-downs, in this country, you weren't allowed to go to a public facility, to school, or to travel on public transport without a valid vaccination pass, nor go to a public restaurant and many stores (decision at the discretion of the owners of the stores, restaurants). International travel was restricted to showing a valid vaccination status for many months. Hospitals and homes for the elderly of course, were even more restricted. In most of these, short-tests were necessary on top of a valid vaccination-pass to enter at all. Wearing a mask (in some cases an N-95 one) applied to all situations above...
Stronger restrictions applied for public care and health workers. They were forced by the government to either be vaxxed, or loose their jobs.
And yes, I took the vax 3 times because otherwise no social life would have been possible at all, not even with my partner (pharmacist) or my kids (social workers).
So yes, Steve the vax-mandates have worked, and worldwide billions of mrna-shots were delivered.
Alright I did not witness that type of restriction here in the states. Life was quite normal for me and I never had to show a vax card to anyone. Although people were encouraged to take the vax and told to isolate themselves from others if and when they had Covid.
