Will the U.S. Government Bribe the Public to Take the New Experimental COVID Vaccine by Offering $1500 in Stimulus Funds?
In a story published at CNBC yesterday titled: "Would you be willing to get a Covid vaccine in exchange for a $1,500 stimulus check? How one bold proposal would work." It appears that this article was written as a "trial balloon" to see how the public would react to receiving a new stimulus check in exchange for getting the experimental COVID vaccine, which many Americans are now hesitant about. President Trump has previously announced that when the vaccine is ready, it will be offered for "free" at Walgreens and CVS to those who are targeted to receive it first, which are mainly seniors. Apparently the lure of a free vaccine is not currently being seen as incentive enough to convince enough people to line up and receive it. So with many Americans unemployed and waiting expectantly for the Government to give them a new "stimulus check," they are floating the idea of bribing Americans who are down and out and might be desperate enough to take the risk of a new, experimental COVID vaccine in exchange for money. The idea comes from U.S. businessman John Delaney, a former Democratic congressman for Maryland who also ran for president in 2020. “We have to create, in my judgment, an incentive for people to really accelerate their thinking about taking the vaccine,” Delaney said. To execute the plan, the government could create a system where people would receive a number once they were vaccinated. Once they enter that along with their Social Security number, they would receive a check. I am not sure who instructed Delaney to float this idea out to the public, but it reads like a carefully worded script, as it included the obligatory terminology to try and calm the public's fears that the vaccine will not be "mandatory." “If you’re still afraid of the vaccine and don’t want to take it, that’s your right,” Delaney said. “You won’t participate in this program." Not "this program," but after "this program" is complete and people have sold their souls for $1500, what will be the next "program" to vaccinate the remainder of those who "don't want to take it?"