Letter: Use vaccination incentives

Applying restrictions to unvaccinated people is not the right approach in a country like SA

BioNTech SE is working to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine to address the omicron variant and expects to have a new version ready within 100 days if necessary. Picture: BLOOMBERG
BioNTech SE is working to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine to address the omicron variant and expects to have a new version ready within 100 days if necessary. Picture: BLOOMBERG

I think applying restrictions to unvaccinated people is not the right approach in a country like SA. We should rather use incentives to achieve higher vaccination rates. We should appeal to employers, formal and informal, to use incentives to motivate their employees.

I have done that, and it worked. In this poor country one doesn’t need big incentives. Many people don’t get vaccinated mainly due to indifference and a lack of proper information.

Bogdan Pabian

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