They are getting desperate that no one is buying their wares anymore...
"We don't know what the magic number is to reach herd immunity, but it's certainly more than what it is right now. We've got a ways to go, no matter what," one expert tells Yahoo Life.
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....so i wonder how many will bother with the "3rd booster"/"second-generation" shots.
In the UK I think they’re a bit snookered because if they try and bring the vaccine passport system to enter bars / restaurants (which I think they will do), then it is going to be literally on display how few people have had the vaccine.
I live within walking distance of 3 vaccination clinics in a very busy part of London, and there is never anyone even going in to the places when I walk past, let alone a queue of people. In busy central London bars it will be ridiculously obvious how few people have taken it, to all that walk past. It was only just over a year ago you’d have to wait 20 minutes just to get served these places were so busy, there’s no way on earth it will look anything like that now. Some of it could be written off as hesitancy I guess.
I really hope it’s not me being wildly optimistic about this, but part of me wants this passport system to start just so that we can all watch them fall flat on their faces - because it won’t work.
Theres always the possibility that they’ll get a feel for how few are getting the death shot and ramp up the 3rd wave story closer to the time then lockdown again - but that won’t work either - there’s no way they’ll get away with a 3rd lockdown here.