Need an incentive to get vaccinated? How about staying alive!

 

You would think that having a 100 percent chance of not getting a severe case of COVID-19 or a better than 80 or 90 percent chance of not even getting infected with COVID-19 would be incentive enough to get vaccinated.
Not to mention doing your part to increase the percentage of those vaccinated in order to bring a complete end to the pandemic in the United States.
But it seems that for some foolish --- make that for way too many foolish people --- getting vaccinated to preserve your health and that of others isn’t enough of a reason to get vaccinated, which has forced many states and locales to offer incentives ranging from gift cards and so-called “vax” lotteries to trips and scholarships.
If that’s what it takes to have people act responsibly, then so be it. But like so many things in the pandemic that have needlessly turned political, the whole issue of getting vaccinated, like wearing masks earlier, should have never become political.
After all, the vaccinations were developed under the Trump administration and an aggressive plan to distribute them was developed in the early days of the Biden administration --- and you can’t get more bi-partisan than that.
And yet, vaccination rates are miniscule in the South and in many so-called “Red” states, where Republicans dominate --- and all they’re hurting is themselves and their fellow Americans.
I can’t say it any more forcibly: Get vaccinated!
It’s the most patriotic thing you can do to help the United States and world.
It’s not political; it’s the only smart action to take.