Why doesn't the covid vaccine prevent the catching and dying of covid? Isn't that the whole point of a vaccine?

The Covid vaccine greatly reduces the catching and dying of Covid. While it's not 100% effective, it has saved millions of lives, and you are FAR safer facing Covid fully vaccinated.

Ready for some statistics??

In 2021, the 75% of Americans fully vaccinated produced under 20% of the Covid deaths, while the 25% unvaccinated Americans produced over 80% of the Covid deaths.

In 2021, the 75% of Americans fully vaccinated produced under 31% of Covid cases; while the 25% unvaccinated Americans produced nearly 70% of Covid cases.

This means the US unvaccinated had a 5X higher chance of contracting Covid compared to the vaccinated per capita, and that overall the unvaccinated had about a 15X higher probability of Covid death per capita.

Note: since 'Long Covid' occurs in 15% to 25% of Covid cases, that means there is also a 5X higher prevalence of Long Covid per capita among the unvaccinated.

Sources & further details: https://similarworlds.com/disease-illness/vaccines/4268857-Covid-Vaccine-effectiveness-data-from-the-US-2021

Well normally a vaccine does, byt the covid shot is not a traditional vaccine, much like a flu shot it only supplies what the body uses as defence and thst the body can replicate thus no true immunity occures

No vaccine claims complete freedom from infection.

Instead it drastically reduces the chance of serious illness or death from the disease.