Wired Says For The ‘Next Pandemic’ People Should Be Paid To Get Vaccinated

News publication Wired says that people should be cut a check to voluntarily get a vaccine for the “next pandemic.” Wired, like so many other groups and figureheads, have repeatedly warned that yet another Covid-style pandemic (or worse) is on the horizon.

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Wired began their article with this:

IT’S A TRUTH universally acknowledged that people like money. If you show them the cash, they’re generally more likely to do what you want, whether that be to stop smoking, work out, or keep up with their medication.

As vaccines started to roll out of labs during the pandemic, governments began wondering: How can we encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated against Covid-19? Countries tried a mishmash of approaches: They rolled out rigorous public health messaging, engaged with hard-to-reach communities, got celebrities to plug the vaccines, and made them compulsory.

But policymakers and academics also suggested another, controversial approach—why not just offer people cold, hard cash? This reignited a thorny debate.

The piece goes on to hash out several different philosophical viewpoints on the issue, why this is either a smart thing to do or bad in the long term. Some say enticing people with cash to rollup their sleeves “might reduce their willingness to do the same thing for free in the future,” and that “it could also trigger distrust.”

Be that as it may, according to a recently published study titled “Financial incentives for vaccination do not have negative unintended consequences,” asserts that there are no repercussions for dishing out checks to get people to get vaccinated.

The study authors wrote in the abstract:

Here we report findings from a large-scale, pre-registered study in Sweden that causally measures the unintended consequences of offering financial incentives for taking the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. We use a unique combination of random exposure to financial incentives, population-wide administrative vaccination records and rich survey data.

We find no negative consequences of financial incentives; we can reject even small negative impacts of offering financial incentives on future vaccination uptake, morals, trust and perceived safety. In a complementary study, we find that informing US residents about the existence of state incentive programmes also has no negative consequences.

Our findings inform not only the academic debate on financial incentives for behaviour change but also policy-makers who consider using financial incentives to change behaviour.

8,000 people were recruited to be apart of the study, where a select group of them were given $24 to get vaccinated within the next 30 days, while others were offered nothing. The scientists found that those enticed with a cheap gift increased vaccine uptick by 4%.

The scientists followed-up with these people to see if the cash influenced their decision at all, and they reportedly found ‘the incentives had little effect on how likely the participants were to go get their second or third dose. And the team didn’t find any diminished likelihood that these individuals would donate blood or get their flu shot,’ Wired wrote.

Furthermore, the researchers asked people if they would donate $10 to a charity to get others vaccinated or just pocket the money themselves. The overall results did not change. Wired additionally noted that, ‘importantly, the team found that financial incentive didn’t affect trust in vaccine providers or perceptions of how safe and effective the vaccines were.’

The scientists complemented their study by looking at a randomized control study conducted in the U.S. in 2021 that looked at the many incentives that were offered to residents who were vaccinated, such as raffles and lotteries, or free beer, or other goodies. Apparently, informing these people about these incentives had no ‘unintended consequences down the line.’

The researchers do concede to the fact that this will probably not work in plenty of other countries.

Just because we show that there doesn’t seem to be coercion based on these results with this amount, that doesn’t mean that from all ethical points of view that this is OK.

Researcher Armando Meier said

Wired concluded their post, writing:

When that time arrives, this debate will no doubt rear its head again. But when it does, there’s now at least some evidence that offering people a little cash to get a vaccine isn’t going to erode society. In the next pandemic, maybe we should be more ready to give it a try. 

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

[13] Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [14] But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [15] Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. [16] Do not err, my beloved brethren.

James 1:13-16

Translation: the evil handlers WILL be showering the greedy and covetous populations with cheap thrills, cash, and junk food to get vaxxed; before it is mandated regardless.

And again, notice the buzzword, predictive programming, “next pandemic.” The media is working overtime to make sure everyone subliminally knows that another shamdemic is coming, and how it is going to go down.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Colossians 2:4

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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