A financial incentive can help convince more people to get the vaccine or booster, supporters say. But critics worry a payment can send the wrong message.
“Paying people to take vaccines is worth considering in order to end the pandemic more quickly by protecting the population from COVID-19,” Shah told TODAY in 2020.
“When we worry about payment, it’s because the lure of money might entice people to make bad decisions. In this case, people would be paid to take vaccines that would benefit them and others, which has the potential to be a win-win.”“People should understand that they are part of society. It's like paying people to stop at stop signs,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
“If you pay people to get vaccinated, the strong implication is it's not safe, there's something wrong, you have to use money to persuade them,” Caplan said. “Historically, we've never paid anybody to vaccinate with routine vaccinations — we've always said they’re safe and they work, and that's why you should use them. You start rewarding them financially, I think many people may get nervous that they can't be safe, they can't work, there must be some reason you have to pay me to get it.”
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