I find it more than reasonable – in fact, a medical and moral necessity – to make an all-out effort to reach herd immunity with respect to the COVID virus. But I – and, I’m sure, many others like me who got vaccinated as soon as the vaccine was available – find it a bit galling that tax money is now being used to bribe people to get a vaccination that could save their lives.
While I realize how this sounds at first read, I can’t help but wonder how this approach will affect a new threat – or a new wave of a variation of the existing virus. Will people hold off getting vaccinated until they get paid for it? Given the reactions and outpourings we’ve seen in so many places, the idea is not so far-fetched.
The answer, I’m sure, is not simple, but it is one that needs to be addressed now – not when the next pandemic arrives.
Paul Tartaglia
Saco
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