# Is it ethical to pay someone to get the Covid vaccine?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-pay-someone-to-get-the-covid-vaccine/941426 "2021-05-05T12:01:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-pay-someone-to-get-the-covid-vaccine/941426/80 "2021-05-07T19:55:33Z")

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I said this above, but didn’t get any response. Maybe i didn’t make the argument clearly enough: given that healthy young people often are sick enough to lose a day’s wages from the vaccine, and are at relatively low risk from covid, it seems to me that is not coercive, but “making them whole” to offer cash payments to young people eligible for the vaccine who earn little enough that $300 is a big deal.

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