After thinking this through & still deciding that I would take a vaccine if it becomes available, I’ve noticed that there are thoughts on what would it take to get people to take a vaccine.
Would it take money, as in get paid to take the vaccine if said vaccine were likely to be necessary to achieve a herd immunity to cut down the circulation in the larger population?
Would it take a different incentive, perhaps your not having to wear a mask once a couple of weeks after taking the vaccine has passed (it takes time for the body to mount a response to the vaccine)?
Would it help if it were made mandatory to have the vaccine? These are difficult times & it could be argued that it is in the public interest for everyone to be vaccinated unless there’s a very good reason for not doing so.
There are moral issue here, both for & against vaccination being voluntary or mandatory, take for instance certain groups who wouldn’t accept vaccination voluntarily, possibly young students who are little affected by the disease although they are much affected by the lockdowns so may side with vaccination as a way to escape. Then there are the religious groups who don’t do vaccinations, often for differing reasons, yet we know the disease spreads through the act of meeting in these religious communities (singing in church having caused one of the early superspreader events in France).
Anyway, these issues are being voiced – https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-people-covid-jab-widespread-coverage.html