If by "protection" you mean not getting Covid or spreading it, then you are correct, but only if you look at breakthrough cases and completely disregard the millions of people like myself who have come in direct contact with covid multiple times and have not gotten covid and as a result, have not spread it.
I would also add that the vast majority of breakthrough cases have resulted in minor symptoms. While it's true that there has been severe illness and even death with some breakthrough cases, again, most breakthrough cases are very mild.
This being said, the claim that vaccines protect is not a false claim for the vast majority of people who receive the vaccine and the data backs this up.
Please see my reply above. Only breakthrough cases can infect others and it's good to note that the time a breakthrough case can spread the virus is shorter than a person who has not been vaccinated. If you get the vaccine and you don't contract Covid when exposed, you can't spread the virus. By default, when you protect yourself, you protect others.
I see that you're on a mission against the vaccine. That's ok, but please look at what I and others have written. And please stop your propaganda that "It's an outright lie".
The people of Tasmania need to deal with this. It's not my issue. But I regress, it's not based on lies. Instead, I offer it's based on fear and control.
Again, you'll need to take that up with your leaders, or move to the USA and plant yourself in a state that doesn't impose those restrictions.
I will say this, if these restrictions are being placed upon you, you have the right to be angry. You should be angry. And yes, it is my opinion that you should protest. But I will add this, your current anger is misdirected and you're attacking the wrong issue.
The issue isn't really "is the vaccine effective", or "Does the vaccine really protect me and others". The issue is your leadership imposing unfair restrictions upon you and taking away your right to choose.
I live in a state that tried to do just that when the pandemic first started, and the pushback was severe even to the attempted kidnapping of our governor. Currently, our state has the highest Covid rate in America and our hospitals are at the brink with unvaccinated Covid patients. That being said, our governor is not imposing any mandates, including masks. Why? Because the people have spoken.