I\u2019ve been watching the various groups get convinced to get vaccinated against the coronavirus over the last few months. \u00a0I personally didn\u2019t need convincing.\u00a0 I got vaccinated as soon as they let me.\u00a0 One day I got a text and I replied YES to accept the appointment time.\u00a0 The day could not have been more inconvenient – it was the day of the auction of the assets of my manufacturing company \u2013 but I thought getting vaccinated was more urgent and important than my financial future.\u00a0 For me, the activity met the criteria that set it above any possible procrastination.\u00a0 \u00a0Anyway, I\u2019ve already been vaccinated against the mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus, flu and probably more.\u00a0 What\u2019s one more shot? \u00a0(Note to self \u2013 get the shingles vaccine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are people who need more motivation, though.\u00a0 Friends and family and neighbors and co-workers have been prodding and convincing them, but while that increases the importance of getting a vaccine, it does nothing for the urgency of getting a vaccine – so it\u2019s not very effective.\u00a0 For a few people, a free beer seemed to be the tipping point, but not too many people fell for that, either.\u00a0 Biden came out and made a statement about doing it for your fellow man but most people\u2019s worldviews are small and don\u2019t include most other people and so that had only a nominal impact. But when college students were required to have the vaccine in order to attend class, the result was different.\u00a0 The importance of getting vaccinated to the college student hit the core of their identity and made it very important and personal.\u00a0 The first day of class deadline created the urgency needed so they mostly all did it when they had to.\u00a0 Now we are seeing teachers, nurses, police, fire fighters, EMT’s, bus drivers and many more public facing workers with the same dilemma.\u00a0 Are you ready to give up calling yourself an officer of the law or a fire fighter or a medical technician or a teacher by not following the rules? If so, maybe you’re in the wrong field anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The point is:\u00a0 the more important and urgent and personal a behavior becomes, the more likely someone will do it.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter why they resist getting a vaccination.\u00a0 When it becomes important, urgent and personal to get one, they will do it.\u00a0 So how can we get the rest of the people to get vaccinated?\u00a0 Well, this won\u2019t be popular (and I\u2019m not necessarily advocating it), but if we revoke their citizenship – that would work. Many people\u2019s identities are wrapped in the flag more so than their jobs, so it\u2019s personal.\u00a0 Losing citizenship means they would lose their rights like voting, gun toting, a US passport and a real job \u2013 of course they would still have to pay taxes \u2013 so it\u2019s important.\u00a0 Putting a date on it makes it urgent.\u00a0 Also, losing their citizenship would, in a karmic turn of events, make them \u201cillegals\u201d and ICE could round them up and lock them in cages or send them over the wall. Did I mention that I’m not advocating this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vaccinations are up but the hold outs are holding their ground. Find out how we can get everyone to quit procrastinating and get vaccinating.…