>> COVID vaccines are not even tested

Do you have a link to the exact quote?

IIRC they have a 95% reduction in hospitalization rate, measured in a double blind human trial. [Compare that with the vector virus and inactivated virus vaccines, that have like a 65% reduction in hospitalization rate, measured in a double blind human trial.]

Which reminds me, I need to arrange my biannual COVID booster.

Is it a only covid-19 booster or does it include a few of the other coronavirus floating around?

Just COVID-19. I do get other shots though, for example the annual flu shot and most recently an RSV shot (not the one I had participated in a clinical trial for.)