Even in a location with a high vaccination rate, I know that a lot of local stores are having issues not just finding staffing but 'COVID' cases are apparently very high.
There seems to be a lot of reluctance to get the vaccine among the young, at-will employed despite the downside of being out of work if they test positive.
The media has reported for a year and a half that the old (65+) are at high risk and the young are at lowest risk for severe COVID-19. Young people have absorbed that message. That’s also on top of younger people being less responsive to health messaging in general and taking more risks.
It is just a weird hill to die on. I know people who could get a small reward (+$100) for getting vaccinated and also would be unable to work for two weeks (-$1000) if they test positive. Yet they still don't get the vaccine. I can only guess that somehow they would still get payed a portion of the time they would be unable to work? Not sure :/
There seems to be a lot of reluctance to get the vaccine among the young, at-will employed despite the downside of being out of work if they test positive.