Get the vaccine and get discount in McDonalds

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🚨👀 | HERE WE GO: The government is in talks with McDonald’s about discounts for vaccinated people

Via @thesundaytimes

McJab and fries

Anyone else think this is completely bizarre?

They are desperately trying to incentivise the young. It might work.

@Twoforthree

They are desperately trying to incentivise the young. It might work.

This^^

If everyone who was eligible got the jab in the first place they wouldn’t need to resort to basically bribing overgrown toddlers.

Ooooh, send me the discount code for a dirty breakfast immediately.

Might just piss off the teenagers who have already had their jab. I know it would if it were me!!

Didn’t someone on Mumsnet come up with this idea? And got ridiculed?

There will be incentives to get everyone vaccinated, but McDonalds should also give to those already that have had the vaccine.

Didn’t someone on Mumsnet come up with this idea? And got ridiculed?

Yup.

I reckon entry to a lottery for a property next, let’s see.

Haven’t there been schemes where pregnant women get vouchers for not smoking, interesting to see if this does increase uptake

Another "lots of people do the right thing but those who don't get an extra reward for doing the right thing" bollocks plan. Why not reward people for doing the right thing straight away? They know there'll be those who don't, so tears from the beginning and you might encourage some of the reluctant ones along the way and everyone wins.

*reward from the beginning

Look up the video of the New York mayor scoffing a burger and fries to promote their incentive to get people vaccinated. 'Did someone say fries with that?'

For those of us who have put on a spare tyre over lockdown, cheaper junk food does not seem the way back to a healthy weight! But the young and slim might find it works.

Incentives yes, but not fast food.

I do hope it will only be for a salad. NHS deals with a lot of problems already connected with unhealthy eating.

Won't make a jot of difference where I live. The nearest MCDonalds is 12 miles away and we don't have a delivery service so not much of an incentive really.

Get Vaccinated To Spread Covid.

What the fuck are our government thinking?

Is reducing the risk of you becoming seriously ill with Covid or passing on to others not enough of an incentive?

Anyone else think this is completely bizarre?

Yes I do - a bit like during the first lockdown when the Italian government arranged for their citizens to have pornhub premium for free. Incentivise the hoi polloi with porn and junk food. Fucked up indeed.

Smacks of desperation, if people don't want the vaccine then leave them be! Covid is rarely a risk for young people anyway. People seem to be more ill now being double jabbed and catching covid now than they were last year while unvaccinated.

Is there a link?

Is reducing the risk of you becoming seriously ill with Covid or passing on to others not enough of an incentive?

Not for people who were always at ridiculously low risk and whose vulnerable friends/relatives have all been fully vaccinated.

Obesity puts you at risk from covid.
Give people maccys. Great.

@LouLou198

Is reducing the risk of you becoming seriously ill with Covid or passing on to others not enough of an incentive?

Exactly - people should have already had or booked their vaccinations. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t had both their vaccinations with the exception of DS who is having his second in a couple of weeks.

WHAT THE FUCK!

Perfect. More obese people. More covid deaths. Great plan.

Fucking idiots.

How about get vaccinated and get to throw a rotten tomato at Boris in the stocks. I expect that would dramatically boost uptake in the young.