Would a £50 McDonalds voucher encourage people to have the jab?

[KhalliWhalli]

This is my colleague’s proposed solution to the issue of anti-vaxxers and others who don’t want to have the jab. He figures that as these people are generally of low intelligence, they fit the demographic of people who eat McDonald’s. Ergo if you bribe them with a £50 McDonald’s voucher at the time of vaccination, you would have hordes of people turning up for their jab.

He has a professional interest in this, so I have given it a bit more thought than I would usually.

I dunno, what do you guys think?

@Kendodd because I do not want to take an experimental jab that has been known to cause blood clots and other conditions. If I wanted the jab I would have it, I wouldn't need to be bribed and blackmailed into it. It should be peoples ien free choice if they want it or not.

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@UndertheCedartree

Informed consent can only be given if not coerced. So unless we want to do away with informed consent - it's a terrible idea. I have to say those I know who have decided not to get the jab are normal intelligence and not the type to go to McDonalds anyway!

But isn't banning people from nightclubs unless they're double jabbed a form of coercion?

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But yea people who make an informed decision not to have this vaccination are low class , uneducated idiots 🙄🙄🙄

because I do not want to take an experimental jab that has been known to cause blood clots
But covid causes blood clots?

Do you refuse all drugs?
This isn't a go at you btw, it's just curiosity.

I’ve been vegan for quite a long time and I’ve only ever been ill enough once in that time to be advised to take antibiotics. I didn’t take them and I did recover, although it probably took longer than if I’d have taken the antibiotics.
I’d love for a vaccine to be developed without being tested on animals.... I’d happily take it then. I’m a mum and want to be around for my kids obviously, but animal welfare is a really big part of my life and I just can’t have it knowing how badly animals were treated to get it. 😔 I don’t like being called anti vax and selfish....I would like to be able to choose a vaccine not tested on animals.
My partner is vaccinated and I think everyone should do what they think is right for them.

1. I have a PhD and I am therefore definitely not of "low intelligence", however I ate nothing but Big Macs during my pregnancy as they were all I could stomach. Therefore linking intelligence with a fast food choice is ignorant, offensive, and essentially fucking ridiculous.

2. I choose not to get the jab at the current time due to significant anxiety around this; therefore linking the decision not to have the jab with low intelligence is ignorant, offensive, and essentially fucking ridiculous.

3. Conclusion: this thread (if remotely serious) is fucking ridiculous.

But aren't the anti vaxxers all anti capitalist types so wouldn't eat at McDs out of principle?
No. I mean I'm sure there are some but for the most part it's right wing voters that aren't getting jabbed.

I haven't had the covid jab and a number of people I know haven't. I don't think any of us eat at McDonald's. No voucher would persuade me to have the jab. We are not thick by any means. This is insulting and disrespectful.

@SupermanWithTheGreyHair

Thanks for answering.
One of the very few anti vax arguments (for want of a better word) that I actually admire despite not agreeing with.

@Megan2018

DH isn’t vaccinated due to refusing to address his needle phobia. You could offer him £10m and he wouldn’t do it.

I am a double jabbed, highly educated snob with a senior job. I bloody love McD’s and would sell my granny for a chicken nugget sharebox…..

Personally I'd be more interested to experiment with a £50 voucher for the vaxxers.

I mean thousands of young, healthy people for whom the virus poses a minuscule risk have rushed to take a brand new vaccine with unknown long term effects VOLUNTARILY - no coercion so far, they've done it for free.

Dear God, just imagine what you could make them put in their body for £50! The mind boggles.

If the idea is to save public health, 50 quids' worth of Macdonalds won't do it much good either.

It is true that, the lower the income of a household, the more likely they are to regularly dine at McDonald's.

It's also true that people with lower education levels are more likely to refuse the vaccine.

That doesn't mean all vaccine refuses are poorly-educated McDonald's eaters or vice verse, but there is a correlation.

The OP's colleague oversimplified thinks in a rather insulting way, but the idea is not without merit.

Would it work? Probably.

Should we do it? A harder one to answer. Precedent setting and all that. What if people in future, wait for an incentive before taking action to protect their health?

My observation would be that amongst younger age groups those coming forward for vaccination are those with jobs, with supportive families and those planning to go to uni. John Lewis vouchers aren't going to reach those not in education, employment or training, but Macdonald's vouchers just might.

However the real challenge is how to reach the families where generations haven't been vaccinated and who mistrust authority and mainstream media. Vulnerable people influenced by social media. It's all so sad.

@Ratalie

It is true that, the lower the income of a household, the more likely they are to regularly dine at McDonald's.

It's also true that people with lower education levels are more likely to refuse the vaccine.

That doesn't mean all vaccine refuses are poorly-educated McDonald's eaters or vice verse, but there is a correlation.

The OP's colleague oversimplified thinks in a rather insulting way, but the idea is not without merit.

Well I'm definitely an outlier then. Our household income is quite a lot above the national average and I love a Big Mac. Also PhD educated and not wanting the vaccine at this point in time.

Well I'm definitely an outlier then.

Yes it would seem you are. Odd that you feel the need to point it out.
I suppose it's a bit like all the posters who insist they're super clever and hate McDonald's but won't have the vaccine.

I’m fully against this! Only for the fact I’ve already had my jabs so I’ve missed out

@Kendodd

Well I'm definitely an outlier then.

Yes it would seem you are. Odd that you feel the need to point it out.
I suppose it's a bit like all the posters who insist they're super clever and hate McDonald's but won't have the vaccine.

It was light hearted. Hence the
Nothing odd about it.
I could say it's equally "odd" that you felt the need to comment on my comment?

@feelingmehtoday having a PhD doesn’t necessarily mean you’re more intelligent - it just means you tried harder 🤷🏻‍♀️. And to be honest, I question the intellect of anyone who refuses the vaccine without valid clinical reasons.

Yes it would seem you are. Odd that you feel the need to point it out.
I suppose it's a bit like all the posters who insist they're super clever and hate McDonald's but won't have the vaccine
Yup. I tried to be as explicit as possible that demographic trends do not equal absolutes, but there'll always be people who get defensive.

Not All McDonald's Eaters Are Like That.

[quote KhalliWhalli]**@feelingmehtoday* having a PhD doesn’t necessarily mean you’re more intelligent - it just means you tried harder 🤷🏻‍♀️. And to be honest, I question the intellect of anyone* who refuses the vaccine without valid clinical reasons.[/quote]

It means I "tried harder"? Please do elaborate, this should be good.

A valid clinical reason such as an anxiety disorder, you mean?

@toocold54 don’t worry - under the rules of the Programme, as a vaccine veteran, you would still be entitled to a £50 McJab voucher!

@Ratalie

Yes it would seem you are. Odd that you feel the need to point it out. I suppose it's a bit like all the posters who insist they're super clever and hate McDonald's but won't have the vaccine Yup. I tried to be as explicit as possible that demographic trends do not equal absolutes, but there'll always be people who get defensive.

Not All McDonald's Eaters Are Like That.

Strange that you read defensiveness into what was essentially an attempt at humour. Must try harder as I'm clearly not funny 😂