I know the social media/mass media examples tend to highlight committed, outspoken anti-vaxxers but this is where a real ethnography/reporting with better sampling would help. When looking at reporting/self-narratives, I see a lot of "I was scared, kinda waited, kinda got stuck."
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Just today, I saw a tiktok from someone who, tragically, died from COVID. She says she was scared, worried vaccine wasn't yet FDA approved, and wanted to do it later, together with her family. She needed a nudge, a push and hand-holding. A mandate could have saved life her life.
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Face-saving to themselves, conforming to their community/identity, face-saving to their community... Using rules to fight anxiety. I bet these are real sizable dynamics―can't tell from polling but we'll find out how big the true "strong opinion" folks are.https://twitter.com/VJGoh/status/1436097374678552582 …
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There is a weekly testing option! I'd prefer vaccination for anyone working with elderly, ill or under 12 but for most everyone covered, this essentially makes being unvaccinated a hassle—and provides cover and a face-saving path to vaccination.https://twitter.com/gosilent/status/1436104726836301824 …
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Checking in, and yep. Vaccine mandates don't appear to result in mass quitting anywhere near what people told pollsters.https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1442987506862022658 …
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People who are too scared to get one of the most proven vaccines in human history, are almost definitely too scared to be unemployed
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Don't underestimate the large percentage that will never admit they aren't absolutely right.
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It's a big gamble, esp in healthcare where we really can't afford to lose more staff.
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Gambling with someone in healthcare with Covid is not one I prefer to bet on.
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I also suspect it may depend on the industry. It’s one thing to say quit working for the NYT, it’s another to quit a Walmart clerk job.
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Minimum of $15/hour here for that Walmart job.
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