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Interesting new perspective.... Was speaking with a friend who is a real estate agent in Auckland on Friday. She is holding out on getting her vaccine until the "incentive" reaches at least $500 worth. Since she doesn't really work from the office so vaccine mandates aren't affecting her. Not sure if its a unique thought pattern but perhaps an unintended consequence of the incentive scheme. The Australian one with a lottery may have been a better approach....

 

This is the reason aussie has strict requirements around vaccine incentives. By requiring new vaccination incentives to be claimed by those who are already vaccinated, There is no incentive to wait for a larger incentive to become available.

• is made to people who have been fully vaccinated (i.e. two shots);
• states that vaccination must be undertaken on the advice of a health practitioner;
• refers to COVID-19 vaccines generically (i.e. without referencing a particular vaccine);
• is made to all eligible people who have been fully vaccinated (before or after the offer is made);
• does not include tobacco or medicines (other than listed medicines); and
• does not contain an offer of alcohol that: (i) encourages excessive or rapid consumption of alcohol; and (ii) has a strong or evident appeal to minors.[1]

In terms of the real estate agent, I think their $500 target may be unrealistic. Most I have heard of is a $100 pack n save voucher per car (that was in the waikato. Being unvaccinated seems to have a reasonable correlation with being low income, so incentives are being pitched at the poor, not real estate agents.

Also a $500 incentive would be sufficient people would defraud it by getting vaccines under fake, or other identities. (So steps like requiring photo ID to claim the reward would be needed. - Which risks bad press, even if the vaccine without reward was available without ID).

Rewards seem to be declining, as we are moving to a stick approach. (vaccine mandates for industries, vaccine pass etc.)