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?

I think if it wasn't a zero-liability thing, and people were entitled to proper compensation in case shit happens after the jab, it would be a much better incentive. But i don't see that happening. Not even a ribbon "thank you for your sacrifice".

Honestly, @KhalliWhalli, these comments would make me question your friend's intelligence. They are unintelligent, patronising generalisations. What is his professional interest? Not Paychology or Sociology I presume?!

here have been more side effects and deaths from the covid vaccines SO FAR than from 70 vaccines in a 30 year period

I very much doubt this to be true. I also know you have no proof of this being true.

It isn't zero liability

My 16yo would go for the voucher. She will get the jab anyway but there will be negotiation and melodrama. The offer of a £50 McD voucher would certainly make my life easier!

So people who don't want the vaccine are thick and live off McDs?
A lot of people are hesitant due to anxiety reasons. How does he think a voucher would help with those anxieties? And he is going to have a ton of already jabbed people wanting a voucher.

Ffs
Nobody is saying everyone who refused the vaccine is thick and eats McDonald's all day.

Lower education levels are less likely to have the vaccination that people who are better educated. They are also more likely to eat McDonald's more frequently.

It's not that hard to understand!
This doesn't mean everyone unvarnished is thick and lives off McDonald's. You'd think if people are as smart as they claim they'd be able to grasp this.

Sorry typos phone!

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.

Did your PhD not teach you that individual anecdata does not equal broad social trends?

Well isn’t he an absolute cunt.

I'd go down the French route. No vaccine = pay to take a test to go to a concert / museum / shopping centre. It's pushed vaccination rates way up.

It's been said a million times but I wouldn't care if people not getting vaxxed were only a threat to themselves, but they're not, they risk harming other people.

I would also implement a proper multilingual community outreach programme. Speaking to people in their own language is super important in public health messaging.

I cant believe how many nutters are on this thread. Why dont we just incinerate anyone who is vaccine hesitant. They're clearly murdering scum in your eyes. You're all mad. I'm off.

@Kendodd

I have been double jabbed but if I wasn't it would most likely make me think 'fuck you' rather than 'I must get vaccinated so I can pig out at McDonalds'

Really? You would refuse a vaccination for a disease that could kill you because you felt insulted? I don't think that would be the smartest move in the world, do you?

Well no, but I suspect that most people that won't have the jab also don't think that covid will kill them.

Lower education levels are less likely to have the vaccination that people who are better educated. They are also more likely to eat McDonald's more frequently.

What? How on earth has this conclusion been arrived at?

@KeflavikAirport

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.

Did your PhD not teach you that individual anecdata does not equal broad social trends?

🙄

How on earth has this conclusion been arrived at?
I didn't arrive at it, the ONS did.
Lower education = lower vaccine take-up
Higher education = Higher vaccine take-up

www.ons.gov.uk/

Winning argument there from feelingmehtoday

As someone who is super pro Vaccines and also loves a McDonald's I find this and the explanation a bit insulting to be honest.

@Bluesheep8

If not you can tell your colleague that the majority of people I know who are not taking the jab are degree-educated, very intelligent people

It doesn't automatically follow that degree educated people are in any sense intelligent though.

Thanks for saying this. And it also follows that people who aren’t degree educated also can’t be intelligent.

Maybe a little raw as I’m only educated to GCSE level but am certainly not thick. Only have a confirmed IQ test to show for it which people hate to hear about.

I’ve had one jab and love a maccies

Also can that should say!

Free meal at Wetherspoons perhaps might be better. But seriously I don't think it would work because all the people I've met who haven't been vaccinated are adamant they aren't having it

This is such a goady post! I like Cheeseburger,Chips and a Choccy shake as much as the next person.Have had my double jabs now .Any chance of backdating should this be taken up? PS How does one manage to spend fifty quid on chips and burgers?! Am eduacated to A level standard do I qualify?

Maybe a little raw as I’m only educated to GCSE level but am certainly not thick. Only have a confirmed IQ test to show for it which people hate to hear about.

Which one, out of interest? I love to hear about it. I used to administer them in a past job.

@VanGoSunflowers

Which IQ test, that was. Didn't make my post clear!