The extra money raised from surge pricing can be reinvested as follows:
It can be used to provide incentives for people to get vaccinated (enough to offset the extra surcharges).
You can do that more efficiently by requiring a vaccination to attend the event. With the additional advantage of not having unvaccinated people mixing.
It’s also not clear whether separating unvaccinated from vaccinated people makes anyone safer. I’d much prefer to be somewhat exposed now that I’m vaccinated. Who knows if boosters will be readily available in August, when my six months are up?
By that rationale we should also exclude people who aren’t capable of generating antibodies despite having gotten vaccinated. Do you really want to go there?
The government doesn’t have the manpower to police that effectively. And it never will. That’s the opposite of “efficient.” The people with the necessary skills to enforce it have lots of other, higher priority things to police, like making sure that cars are roadworthy and gas isn’t being watered down.
As an example, in the early days of the pandemic when we were trying to make sure bars complied with social distancing rules, NYS started trying to recruit police officers to go around checking venues. They offered a lot of overtime. Guess how many people at my agency signed up for that detail?
So there’s a bunch of people who won’t voluntarily take the vaccine in order to save their lives, but will voluntarily an expensive social event in order to be bribed into...
You can do that more efficiently by requiring a vaccination to attend the event. With the additional advantage of not having unvaccinated people mixing.
It’s also not clear whether separating unvaccinated from vaccinated people makes anyone safer. I’d much prefer to be somewhat exposed now that I’m vaccinated. Who knows if boosters will be readily available in August, when my six months are up?
Separating unvaccinated people from each other helps them.
By that rationale we should also exclude people who aren’t capable of generating antibodies despite having gotten vaccinated. Do you really want to go there?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/18/immunocompromised-coronavirus-vaccines-response/
Whoever we are, we might or might not, but that isn’t going to happen without a coordation mechanisn.
The government doesn’t have the manpower to police that effectively. And it never will. That’s the opposite of “efficient.” The people with the necessary skills to enforce it have lots of other, higher priority things to police, like making sure that cars are roadworthy and gas isn’t being watered down.
As an example, in the early days of the pandemic when we were trying to make sure bars complied with social distancing rules, NYS started trying to recruit police officers to go around checking venues. They offered a lot of overtime. Guess how many people at my agency signed up for that detail?
NONE.
Which government? If your comments are US specific, please say so.
In any case, you are taking it for granted that regulations about event pricing can be enforced, somehow.
I’m also not advocating regulations for event pricing. I’m suggesting it as a system for managing risk, for those who choose to do so.
So there’s a bunch of people who won’t voluntarily take the vaccine in order to save their lives, but will voluntarily an expensive social event in order to be bribed into...
Sorry. I give up. I can’t steelman this
By all means, find another person’s blog and delete your comments, buddy.
No level of government in the US has the resources to police vaccination status and have money left to do anything else.