Well, it is official, Missouri, my state, is at the bottom of the states in percentage of people who are vaccinated. I worry about the surges that might bring the virus to me through all those unvaccinated people, even though I am vaccinated. I worry about the medical people who have to deal with all of those potentially sick people. I worry about the kids who can't be vaccinated yet. I worry about the people themselves who are foolishly (in my opinion) leaving themselves open to a life threatening illness.
If I ran the state, I wouldn't offer a lottery or payment to the unvaccinated. I would announce that after July 31 the vaccine would cost $500. A lot of on the fence people would line up to get the shot before it cost them something. I think that would motivate some of the people I know who think that they are being smart delaying the jab.
But, perhaps the powers that be have already considered that option and there is some reason it wouldn't work. I don't run the state, thank God. All I can say is, right now we are scraping the bottom of the barrel and it makes me sad.
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