Someone Needs to Market a Vaccination Button.

[MineralMan]

A white pin-back button with a large "V" centered on it. People can wear it to show that they have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Not only will it show that you cared enough to get vaccinated, it will also make others think about vaccination and maybe go and get one themselves.

Better yet, have vaccination centers hand out those buttons to folks who come in for their shots.

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. I've often thought the same thing. Some kind of vaccination ID,

so that the rest of us know that we have a growing degree of immunity in our ranks. It's a psychological benefit.

[greymattermom]

2. I'd like a bracelet

with a code on it that could be scanned to confirm my id. Not easily faked. Also blue.

[Laelth]

3. Or, we could issue scarlet letters to people who have been infected.

And force them to wear them on their clothing, kind of like a Star of David.

Dude. Some of your ideas ...



-Laelth

[MineralMan]

6. Or "I Voted" buttons?

Nobody has to wear such a thing. Nor did I even imply that. They hand out "I Voted" stickers and buttons at polling places. You can wear one or not, as you choose.

There is a difference between a voluntary statement like that and an imposed requirement. Perhaps you don't recognize the difference.

[Laelth]

30. Sorry. I know you mean well.

You’re just advocating awareness, and there’s nothing wrong with that as far as I am concerned. I am told, though, that some folks in the stix would see such buttons as “virtue-signaling,” and, evidently, they hate us for that because it looks like we’re saying, “I’m better than you.”

I am definitely guilty of that. I wear my “I Voted” sticker with pride, and I AM virtue signaling when I do so.

Interesting times.

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

31. What you're calling "virtue-signalling," I call setting an example.

Just as the "I Voted" stickers or buttons set an example for the undecided, who might be moved to go and do likewise, letting people know you got the vaccination might encourage some who are fearful of such vaccinations to go ahead and get theirs, as well.

If someone "hates" me for getting a vaccination, then it sucks to be that person, really. So, I'm unconcerned about such a person's feelings, to be quite frank. For me, it is like the person who refuses to wear a mask, despite people dropping like flies from the virus all around them. Nothing I do will change such a person's mind, so I simply disregard that person as a lost cause.

However, if someone sees my mask or button and takes that as an encouragement and votes or protects him or herself from a disease, then my goal is accomplished. I will never know what led to the decision, but I'm hopeful that I might have played a role.

It's all in the mind of the viewer, really. We are all examples of something or many things. Those things might be virtuous or not, but we are examples all the same. The maskless person in a public place is also an example - a bad example. I would rather be an example of something worthwhile than of ignorance or anger. But, I am an example, whatever I do in public. We all are.

[Zoonart]

4. I have read that the Govt. is planning an app.

Something on your phone that will be scanned to enter buildings, sporting events, concerts, etc. I don't' know how reliable this thinking is, but I have read several posts about this.

[roamer65]

5. If you really want to freak fundies out...

make it a microchip implanted in the forehead or right hand under the skin.

[MineralMan]

7. Yeah, no. I'm talking about something voluntary.

Get your shot; they hand you a button. Wear it or don't wear it. Up to you.

[roamer65]

9. I'm joking.

Should have put the sarcasm thing there 2.

The mark of the beast shit really freaks them out.

[MineralMan]

11. Well, see, someone upthread implied that I was talking about

something non-voluntary and somehow ominous. You see all sorts of things in DU threads.

[roamer65]

13. Very true.

[LuckyCharms]

8. Good idea. n/t

[bigtree]

10. not hot on this

...it amounts to hysterical shaming.

And it you believe it's 'voluntary,' just wait until it becomes acceptable to demand to know someone's status. Not medical professionals or people with actual requirements like employers, but your neighbor, or some yokel who claims they have some right to your private medical status.

[MineralMan]

12. How about these:

Shaming? Nope. It's just something that declares something you have already done. Nobody is shamed. That's ridiculous.

[bigtree]

14. that's disingenuous. Voting isn't at all analogous to medical decisions.

...your idea touches on our right to privacy and encourages some sort of police state mentality which would ultimately intrude on our right to keep our medical decisions between ourselves and our doctors.

I'd reject it just on that basis alone.

[MineralMan]

16. Getting a vaccine is a voluntary act.

Walgreen's, for example, hands out stickers when you get a flu shot. Many people wear that sticker as a reminder to others to get vaccinated. Others do not put the sticker on. Such things are completely voluntary.

Where did you get the idea that I was suggesting anything that is not voluntary? I did not say nor did I remotely imply that such a button be required. I suggested that people might want such a button, in the same way they wear an "I Voted" button.

I find your manufactured sense of alarm to be amusing.

[bigtree]

21. I'm glad I'm amusing you

...certainly preferable to any other reaction.

(this isn't about the flu)

[MineralMan]

22. I am easily amused.

It is much harder to get some sort of negative emotional reaction from me. Many have tried to do that, though.

[roamer65]

15. I will get the Moderna vaccine when it's available for me.

Somehow, I trust Moderna more than Pfizer.

[MineralMan]

18. I will get whichever one shows up and is available to me.

And I'll do it at my first opportunity.

[roamer65]

20. Smart move for you.

You are in a higher risk category.

[MineralMan]

23. While I am at a higher risk category,

I'm also aware that I pose a potential risk to others. My parents, who are now 96 years old, wish I would fly out and visit them. It's difficult for them to understand that I cannot do that, for fear of being exposed to the virus en route and then passing it along to them before I even know I am infected.

Once I get vaccinated with one or two injections and a couple of weeks have passed, I will feel more comfortable about visiting them. i will still mask up and avoid close contact with them, even then.

Vaccination does not just protect the person who has been vaccinated. it potentially protects others, as well.

[Arthur_Frain]

17. Yeah, like another vasectomy pin.

....and the jokes will write themselves.

[Arthur_Frain]

19. One star Sneeches vs no star Sneeches.

They’re already writing themselves, but this world is too cruel for Dr. Seuss.

[Iggo]

24. I Voted. (n/t)

[MineralMan]

25. Me, too. I wore the nice pin-back button

I got at the place where I dropped off my ballot for a couple of weeks. A couple of people even asked me where I dropped off the ballot. I told them. I hope they did the same.

That's the point of the "I Voted" stickers and buttons. They remind people that they, too, need to go and vote.

There is nothing negative nor coercive about making such a statement about something you have done.

[Iggo]

26. My sticker was included with my mail-in/drop-off ballot.

We’re on the honor system here.

[MineralMan]

27. Cool!

I was pleasantly surprised to get an actual metal pin-back button at the ballot drop-off location. Normally, it's just an adhesive sticker. I moved the pin-back button to a new shirt every day for a couple of weeks.

[Iggo]

29. If they gave me an actual pin, I'd wear it every Tuesday just to fuck with people.

[lettucebe]

28. Blackmarket buttons anyone?