The entire article says the following things of note:
1) He’s 30 yrs old. He wasn’t going to wind up in the hospital vaxed or not vaxed.
2) He’s fully vaxed and boosted. (How did he get boosted so fast at age 30, it was restricted to 65+?)
3) So this hyper transmissible variant was at a convention in NYC. A hell of a lot more than just this guy is likely infected and walking around spreading it. Shouldn’t be long before it reaches the 65+ folks (the only ones that really matter for computing death counts) and cuts them down.
Here in NY, boosters are open for anyone who wants them. The State Dept of Health has vax/booster clinics all over the place. I have some relatives who went for boosters - absolutely no waiting, show up anytime, no questions asked. Pfizer has the ultimate distribution network, thanks to Government and its mandates.