re: #266 Targetpractice

I’ve been watching the back and forth between the two of you, and I’m just going to say this: Both of you, in your own way, are right. Getting to real herd immunity is extremely important, and even after we get there, people are still going to get sick and die from COVID until and unless we eradicate the disease entirely. That sucks, and that’s a problem. The vaccines are based on unproven technology with an astonishingly short development and testing period. That’s definitely true. I think, however, both sides are overlooking the real issue: That most people who are opting not to get vaccinated won’t be swayed by money. I mean, sure, if you wave enough money under their noses, they’d do it, but that’s probably not economically practical. The problem is that the COVID vaccine, in particular, is an unfortunate victim of the hyper-partisan political environment we live in these days. We need people to get vaccinated to get to herd immunity; that requires trust outside of science or politicians throwing around cash. How we get there, that’s the real problem we need to solve.