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Vaccine Cash Incentives Don't Work, U.S. Study Shows - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-25/paying-americans-to-get-a-vaccine-doesn-t-work-new-study-shows


Lotteries held to incentize people to get vaccinated didn't work - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/health/covid-19-vaccine-lotteries-didnt-work/index.html


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First-dose vaccinations quadruple in Quebec ahead of restrictions at liquor and cannabis stores | CTV News
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/first-dose-vaccinations-quadruple-in-quebec-ahead-of-restrictions-at-liquor-and-cannabis-stores-1.5731327

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There is a problem with this reliance on online reg.  A lot of elderly people don't use the internet.  When you require reg. online for an appointment it's a big barrier.  Standing in line for long periods at a vaccination center is a huge barrier.  Waiting on hold on the telephone to register for 50 min. is a big barrier.

I've got nothing against online reg, it's only when we rely on it too much and it becomes a bottleneck.

Unfortunately, we have fewer approved vaccines than I thought we would and the two main ones require special freezers which tends to consolidate where they can be administered.  It's hard to go grass roots when your vaccine requires special handling.

Hate tax more than vax.

KUOW - Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' has people rushing to get vaccinated
https://www.kuow.org/stories/quebec-s-unvaxxed-tax-has-people-rushing-to-get-vaccinated

At the height of the lockdown in the first wave, our county had something like 8-10 active cases and 0-2 hospitalized. Current report is 58 active cases and 16 hospitalized. And keep in mind, with the new quarantine rules, "active cases" is cut almost in half.

The main hotel in the park has 12 of the kitchen staff out. Going into the MLK holiday, the concessioner is just hanging on. Ski areas too. Unless we are at the post-Christmas peak and things get better from hear, expect things to start closing. That is, if current rates go on for another couple weeks, businesses will simply start to close.

Already, my transmission repair is pushed back a couple weeks - too many mechanics in quarantine.

Yes, pre-holiday predictions were for a peak around Jan 15-20. I think the question is whether the faster incubation of omicron means we're already there or the higher virulence means we haven't seen the peak yet.

Should be soon, but the question is whether it will be before or after businesses shut down en masse. So far it's mostly reduced days/hours. But if case rates go up 20%, it's just going to be shutting the doors for a couple weeks.

Yes, I believe I posted that a couple days ago - down 40% since Jan 1.

That said, Boston peaked early. If you look at the other graphs for other cities, it looks a lot worse at places where omicron hit later. So Boston is almost certainly past peak. NY too. But the rest of us might just be getting there and here we tend to peak a bit after LA and SFO. So I think we'll need to wait and see what this week and next bring.