During the Bubonic Plague, if there were some elixir that made people immune to it, do you think the local Lord would have had to bribe the peasants to take it?
Is this just an out of date narrative from the last time around? Honestly, this is how it's supposed to work. The government isn't supposed to be able to force you to do it, or to threaten your livehood or ability to earn a living.
Here they are offering...fries.
The government is supposed to fulfill it's job of encouraging you to do things it believes is in societies best interest, without forcing or coercing you into it.
Granted this isn’t all that bad compared to shit like vaccine passports but still, why the need for a bribe in the first place? If the WuFlu is as bad as the government says, and the vaccine is really as effective as they say, why the need for a bribe? Normally this wouldn’t rustle anyone’s jimmies but considering the controversy around the WuFlu I’d say the governments motives here need to be questioned.
This just seems to jump into "other side is doing it so it's bad" politicking. I'm so tired of this stuff. I love what DeSantis did in Florida and I hate the cult-like response to covid.
But now they're doing what they're supposed to - managing a new disease, offering vacinne, but not forcing people to take it...and you're still unhappy?
This is how things are supposed to work, not the crazy cult-like environment that was being pushed before. You have to provide a little motivation to get some people to do things and I don't think a sandwhich and some fries is excessive government pressure.
I’m not saying using free stuff as an incentive for vaccination is excessive government pressure. However what I am saying is that governments are still pushing way too hard for vaccines for a relatively harmless virus. Maybe things are a bit different in the US but I cannot think of a single instance where my state or federal government tried to motivate people to vaccinate by giving free stuff as a “bribe”. I remember when very well when they discovered the HPV vaccine that could prevent cervical cancer, (a far deadlier ailment) and all they did was run some ads saying “hey people should get this”, the same went for the flu vaccine So to me this whole “bribe” thing is a bid foreign and seems very strange especially in relation to the current pandemic.
During the Bubonic Plague, if there were some elixir that made people immune to it, do you think the local Lord would have had to bribe the peasants to take it?
Is this just an out of date narrative from the last time around? Honestly, this is how it's supposed to work. The government isn't supposed to be able to force you to do it, or to threaten your livehood or ability to earn a living.
Here they are offering...fries.
The government is supposed to fulfill it's job of encouraging you to do things it believes is in societies best interest, without forcing or coercing you into it.
Granted this isn’t all that bad compared to shit like vaccine passports but still, why the need for a bribe in the first place? If the WuFlu is as bad as the government says, and the vaccine is really as effective as they say, why the need for a bribe? Normally this wouldn’t rustle anyone’s jimmies but considering the controversy around the WuFlu I’d say the governments motives here need to be questioned.
This just seems to jump into "other side is doing it so it's bad" politicking. I'm so tired of this stuff. I love what DeSantis did in Florida and I hate the cult-like response to covid.
But now they're doing what they're supposed to - managing a new disease, offering vacinne, but not forcing people to take it...and you're still unhappy?
This is how things are supposed to work, not the crazy cult-like environment that was being pushed before. You have to provide a little motivation to get some people to do things and I don't think a sandwhich and some fries is excessive government pressure.
I’m not saying using free stuff as an incentive for vaccination is excessive government pressure. However what I am saying is that governments are still pushing way too hard for vaccines for a relatively harmless virus. Maybe things are a bit different in the US but I cannot think of a single instance where my state or federal government tried to motivate people to vaccinate by giving free stuff as a “bribe”. I remember when very well when they discovered the HPV vaccine that could prevent cervical cancer, (a far deadlier ailment) and all they did was run some ads saying “hey people should get this”, the same went for the flu vaccine So to me this whole “bribe” thing is a bid foreign and seems very strange especially in relation to the current pandemic.