In some states where demand for doses is flattening, officials are doing everything they can to convince vaccine holdouts.
We asked readers to share their experiences about what worked in convincing wary loved ones to sign up for a COVID-19 shot. buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm…
We asked readers to share their experiences about what worked in convincing wary loved ones to sign up for a COVID-19 shot. buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm…
One of the most common tactics readers told us they employed was also one of the harshest: withholding grandchildren.
“...it’s just easier to understand: You get to see the kids if you’re vaccinated, you don’t get to see them if you’re not vaccinated. There’s no back and forth.”
“...it’s just easier to understand: You get to see the kids if you’re vaccinated, you don’t get to see them if you’re not vaccinated. There’s no back and forth.”
Several readers said they were warning loved ones they would still refuse to visit with them until they were all vaccinated. Some stressed that they or their loved one was immunocompromised, and that having everyone in the family vaccinated would help protect them.
For others, potentially missing a big family event like a wedding or graduation was the final straw.
“I told him he wouldn’t be invited to our wedding, which we had rescheduled three times,” said Esther, a 30-year-old from California. “He’s the groom.”
“I told him he wouldn’t be invited to our wedding, which we had rescheduled three times,” said Esther, a 30-year-old from California. “He’s the groom.”
One reader said she warned her cruise-loving parents several major companies were requiring guests to be fully vaccinated. Another reader said her mother was ultimately swayed by the chance to return to in-person church services.
One reader suspected her mother finally relented simply because she was sick of wearing a mask, and the CDC’s updated guidance — that vaccinated people don’t have to wear a mask indoors (around other vaccinated people) or outdoors — had won her over.
Erika, a 35-year-old in Springfield, Illinois, convinced her hesitant husband by turning the tables: “I told him he should not be worried about what's in the vaccine, considering he drinks vodka weekly, vapes cannabis oil daily, and we eat out about once a week.”
“Both my brother and I harassed and shamed [our father] into getting it,” said Alex Feygin, 38, of Richmond, Virginia. “The fact that we agreed — something my brother and I haven't done in literal decades — was enough to convince my father.”
In many people’s cases, though, actions spoke louder than words:
“What convinced [my mother] to get it is not exactly anything I told her, but the simple act of seeing three of her children get vaccinated that put her at ease.”
Read more here: buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm…
“What convinced [my mother] to get it is not exactly anything I told her, but the simple act of seeing three of her children get vaccinated that put her at ease.”
Read more here: buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm…
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