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On employers and vaccines: tie the shot to the availability of good employer-subsidized health insurance. No need to keep an anti-vaxxer in the company's main risk pool of they are going to raise costs for everyone else. Provide the minimal level required by law and treat the real plan as a bonus for employees who got the shot.
Mandate is a dirty word. I don't understand why fully vaccinated workers would quit their jobs if they believe the vaccines (and subsequent boosters) are effective. I do understand why workers who have serious reservations would quit if vaccines were mandated. I think they are wrong but their resolve to resist should be tested in some fashion. Maybe serious bribes would work. It's less expensive than losing production and firing employees and hiring and training new workers. Arranging one-on-one meetings between hesitant employees and personable, respected MDs or other healthcare professionals might help.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this but I've read enough comments from people who claim to be against vaccinations to think that most such commenters are just trouble makers who know many readers will not check out the "facts" or links. I never take a link that doesn't ring true to me at face value.
On employers and vaccines: tie the shot to the availability of good employer-subsidized health insurance. No need to keep an anti-vaxxer in the company's main risk pool of they are going to raise costs for everyone else. Provide the minimal level required by law and treat the real plan as a bonus for employees who got the shot.
Mandate is a dirty word. I don't understand why fully vaccinated workers would quit their jobs if they believe the vaccines (and subsequent boosters) are effective. I do understand why workers who have serious reservations would quit if vaccines were mandated. I think they are wrong but their resolve to resist should be tested in some fashion. Maybe serious bribes would work. It's less expensive than losing production and firing employees and hiring and training new workers. Arranging one-on-one meetings between hesitant employees and personable, respected MDs or other healthcare professionals might help.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this but I've read enough comments from people who claim to be against vaccinations to think that most such commenters are just trouble makers who know many readers will not check out the "facts" or links. I never take a link that doesn't ring true to me at face value.