Evolutionary pressures on pathogens applied by vaccines is a well known and accepted phenomenon.
Sure. It would be weird if vaccines
didn't apply selection pressure. But this doesn't give credence to the OP's statement that 'it is the vaccination that is creating the variants'. It is clearly not. Mutations arise naturally due to replication errors. Evolution proceeds through natural selection, which means some mutations thrive, others don't. Vaccines don't
create variants. The number of variants (mutations) that arise is proportional to the number of instances of the virus in existence. If you reduce the number of particles of virus in existence, through vaccination, then you reduce the number of mutations. The delta variant that is causing so much trouble in the highly-vaccinated UK arose in India, where vaccination levels are very low.
Also (and I'm not saying you're doing this, I'm simply making the point) we can't argue that 'vaccines apply selection pressure to favour vaccine-resistant variants, therefore vaccines are bad'... for one thing it's a circular argument (vaccines lead to things that are resistant to vaccines, therefore vaccines are useless), and secondly it neglects the evidence in favour of vaccines... consider smallpox eradication as an example. Antibiotic resistance is a similar phenomenon - are antibiotics pointless?
The epidemiology curve looked just like any other seasonal cold for a year
Well, there is the massive number of hospitalisations and the 4 million dead to consider.
Curve spiked early then diminished on it's way to zero. No 'variants' of any consequence over and above what is normal for any other coronavirus.
The curve diminished because of lockdowns and other preventative action, masks, social distancing, etc. As is quite evident from the second wave following directly after the ending of lockdowns. And this is all prior to the introduction of the vaccines.
The question of variants is less relevant in an unvaccinated population - whether people are catching the initial strain or a variant is immaterial if the effects are the same. Variants become important if a vaccine is designed to protect only against the initial strain. But also, obviously it takes high case numbers and time for variants to become established. It's not going to happen instantly at the beginning of the first wave.
For my part, I actually doubt that the accelerated evolution via vaccine pressures had much to do with the 'variants'.
Then we are in agreement.
there is a huge need for an excuse about why the so-called 'vaccine' doesn't seem to be doing shit and is in fact killing and maiming people at an alarming rate.
I've presented the data in the charts above. Your statement is without foundation.
they just say 'variants' knowing that nobody understands it and the propagandists like those writing fakey1's talking points can make hay with it.
Evolution through mutation and natural selection is a straightforward concept. It is not difficult to understand.
feeble attempts to take over from the natural human immune system ('vaccines')
Smallpox. Polio. Tetanus. Hepatitis. etc, etc.
they are exactly what Big Pharma needs/wants for their sales.
I'm sure plenty of pharmaceutical companies are making vast profits from vaccines. This is how the economy is designed. It's working as intended. No need for a massive global conspiracy to explain ordinary behaviour.