I mean Niall stated he has a personal dog in this fight, his wife is a frontline ER nurse. I think you can understand his perspective, and all he really said is those ppl can fuck off.
I don't think anything is controversial with that to provoke such a visceral Mikey-esque reaction.
Get the vax, don't get the vax. If you ain't vax'd I'm not sharing a coke with you, but I mean, i don't hate you or anything, I'm just like way more smart than you are.