. This particular vaccine protects you , or rather, means you'll get an easier form of Covid, not that you won't pass it on.

Inaccurate. Covid vaccines not only reduce the chance you will have a bad case of covid, they also reduce the chance the virus ever takes hold (makes you infectious). So they do in fact reduce the chance that you won't pass it on, because they reduce the chance that you will get covid to start with. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that areas with high vaccination rates have lower transmission rates, and you can do a little math and determine that it is not just because the vaccinated are less at risk, but because the chance of infection is also reduced in those regions

Technically, if we're both in a restaurant, and you're vaccinated, and I'm tested, I'm a whole lot safer for those around me than you.

The tests are not 100% accurate, so I think that is far from certain. But I can see that it is possibly true. Do you have a link to a reliable medical source to back up the claim?

Anyways, I don't think it is a very practical comparison. Getting tested all the time is not really practical for people in many places. The only viable long term solution to covid known so far is upping the vaccinated population (in the future, antivirals may offer another option, but that's an unknown and vaccinations are still better at stopping transmission).

Yes, past vaccines worked this way, protecting you and those around you, implicitly. But vaccinated people can still carry and spread Covid, as easily as unvaccinated ones.

Surprise again, that is not necessarily true either. The data is incomplete, but per the CDC, according to current research:

Infections with the Delta variant in vaccinated persons potentially have reduced transmissibility than infections in unvaccinated persons, although additional studies are needed.

So no, it's not really "for the team", it's for you.

Above arguments contradict this claim.

Yes, it is done now, but there can be side effects in the long-term future. It's not just the first couple days afterward, it's the rest of your life.

While what you are suggesting is theoretically possible, it is incredibly unlikely that there would be widely delayed adverse effect of the type you are describing. Don't believe me? Do some research on other vaccines and see how many such long-delayed adverse effects you find. Such claims are just bugaboos.

As for the doctors and nurses, I am sorry they are overworked.

Another point against your anti-"taking one for the team" stance: the large number of covid cases in regions with low vaccination rates are resulting in worst medical care in general.