Topic: A reward system for Covid Free people.... - page 4. (Read 710 times)

Man not having covid-19 is a huge reward. You can die. You can have serious lungs disabilities. You can only lose sense of smell. Do you know how food will taste if you will only lose sense of smell? Try it today when you eat lunch. Eat with your nose closed. Not having covid-19 is huge.  

I don't think people that stay free should be incentives. It is not as there are proven way to stay without contracting the virus but rather control measure to minimize the risk of contracting the virus. A lot of people that have the virus can't even explain how they get it. And by the way, in many countries millions of dollars are being used to safe peoples life so it is better to channel the Money in strengthen the health sector rather than rewarding people that stay safe. Already, there are palliative and survival funds for everyone both people that contract the virus and those that does not

Agreed, The problem was people always feel to be entitled a reward for following the government especially this pandemic. Many people always rely on government for sustaining there needs to fight Covid-19. Reward base for Covid free will cost extra expenses instead of using it to purchase vaccine once available in the market.

Vaccine is already being distribute and no need to give extra expenses to discipline people just avoid the virus. They should protect themselves at first place.

There are still more things that should be consider in doing it as it require testing as well monitoring that will cause alot, it's hard to do it when there are plenty of people in a community, we know being Covid Free is already a reward we should not take for granted, its hard to have virus and it's hard if we know someone who have the virus so it's better to reward ourselves by being Covid Free for ourselves and the people around us. Let others who didn't mind their well being suffer the consequences.

Do not be infected is already a rewards no need to ask for money rewards as long as you and your family is safe . for what you think is another expense to the government, government still trying to recover  all the lost they experience because of this pandemic. So no need to ask them for another grant that you know that still under recovering .

People being tested ‘regularly’ means resources for testing would be used on people again, if they already tested negative just to monitor them. If they remain negative they will get a reward, which will then use up government resources for incentives on the COVID-negative people instead of that resource being used into treating those who already contracted it. It’s a poor allocation of resources, plus if they are going to use rapid test kits for those tests, there’s a high chance that most of those will turn false negatives, rewarding people wrongly.

The government should come up with better health guidelines if they are yet to receive the vaccine IMO. Rewarding people wouldn’f achieve much, based on historical data and experiences as well.

A reward system in this scenario doesn't make any sense at all. World governments are already having a tough time trying to control the virus and revive the economy at the same time which is why providing a financial incentive to control the virus is not possible in my opinion.

Most people won't care about these incentives, distancing rules or the virus itself and will go about their daily life and that is the reality.

Vaccines from major pharmaceutical companies are already being distributed and administered around the world slowly and steadily which is the only permanent solution in this case.

I'm sick of all the handouts. So many people around me have pocketed tens of thousands USD in handouts from stimulus funds, unemployment that should have run out many months ago, etc.

Managing to not get sick should not justify yet another government handout. How about we go back to a system where people make an honest living, instead of sucking on the government teat?

You people are turning me into a conservative.....

I personally am not sure if this can be implemented by the government, because prevention to cut the spread of Covid19 itself has made many efforts by the government and with these efforts, it seems impossible for the government to reward people even though they remain free from Covid19. Instead of giving rewards, I think it's enough to vaccinate the community for free because honestly, abuse of such rewards will be very possible and if they can't be managed properly, then any corruption and cheating is inevitable and will only create chaos, then that would make the situation even worse.

This is an interesting proposal, however I think that the main problem is that we still do not have the resources to test most the population of a country in a cost-effective way so this can not be done regularly, this is why the tests are applied mostly to those that present symptoms already, so before we can think of any kind of incentives for those that remain free of the coronavirus we will have to solve that problem.

Finally it is very likely that those rewards are going to be paid with money right out of the printing machine and if there is something that the world doesn't need anymore is to print more money, so if you are going to give some kind of financial reward I think it would be better that it comes in a small reduction in your taxes rather than to give money away.

Only if countries can this be rich that they would have enough budget to reward people following protocols as well have decent allocation for the healthcare and future needs, we wouldn't have this kind of problem in the first place at all if officials have listened to early warnings about a new spread of a virus happening but no no they only see the economy and things in between now majority of their citizens are suffering without any pay and more reliance to the government which the government can't give. Having some kind of rewards might just be wishful thinking from us.

It's a viral outbreak, how do you expect people to stay uninfected no matter how hard they try?  I have no doubt that a lot of people who've come down with COVID-19 were taking precautions against it, so I'd think that rewarding people for not getting sick is kind of a silly idea.

Plus there would be all sorts of abuses depending on what the reward was, not to mention the effort the government would have to exert to prove someone wasn't infected.  And then what if someone gets sick after they've been rewarded?  Just thinking about this makes me want to rip my hair out, as it's just a dumb idea.

Stay COVID-free because you want to stay healthy and not infect others.  There shouldn't be any kind of incentive other than that.

Giving rewards to those who are free of COVID-19 is not something extraordinary, because there are those who deserve an award, namely doctors, nurses and all those who work in hospitals for handling COVID-19.
people who are free from COVID-19 because the environment is not in the red zone, not because they comply with health protocols because many offenders do not care but are free from COVID-19, and besides that those who deserve the credit are those who want to help those who are troubled by the pandemic due to loss jobs or other problems especially in the economic sector and which are in dire need of them due to the pandemic.

Some people are also denying that they have Covid-19 even if they already have some symptoms which is really the problem.

To those people who have symptoms, they should never be scared to be tested so that the authorities can take immediate action to that.

And for those people who can't afford to become tested, the government should be responsible for that because there's an allocated budget for that. And for the reward system for Covid-free people, I think they don't deserve that because those people who are infected are the most crucial things who needs a lot of attention.

This doesn't make any sense whatsoever and would be totally unacceptable in any normal society. There are so many circumstances where you could strictly be following government guidelines and still be able to catch it through no fault of your own. You might catch Covid by walking past someone one the street in certain circumstances or having to go food shopping. It is not a well thought out plan at all and would be rightly shunned as unfair.

You should be focused on people who are willingly, through either ignorance or naivety, against taking sensible precautions. Heavy fines, even jail time, for people who willingly break the rules. People having massive close proximity parties without any precautions or refusing even the most basic steps like wearing a mask for the protection of the weakest.

Interesting.
Well, I think it's better to reward/punish people for obeying or breaking health safety rules... And I'd prefer the reward and punishment to be in form of points that are accumulated over a period of time. The points should be private, by the way, else people in position of authority would abuse it. People with good points accumulated to certain level could end up getting something in the end.

It wouldn't sound right to punish people for getting sick.   It's possible that some/many will still get the disease despite obeying all rules

Regarding the government system that provides reward regulation, the value is still not quite right, with many complaints from the public that do not receive assistance evenly when hit by a pandemic. This is the result of their demographic data which is not legally recorded. until finally the opportunity to provide assistance was taken advantage of by those who were said to be still able to meet their daily needs.

In fact, COVID-19 does not side with parents alone, indeed in this case young people feel that their immune system and immunity are strong, so they have the confidence to be free from Covid 19. Meanwhile, from a medical point of view it has strengthened it. a statement regarding the spread of COVID-19 with data showing babies, young people and the elderly, all of whom can contract the disease Covid 19.

I don't think it's essential to give incentives for everyone who still stay covid free because it's also our individual part to take care of ourselves, and part of that is following the protocols. Also, not all governments have enough funds to do that, like in developing countries that already find it hard to give enough aids to people affected by the pandemic. We don't need a reward or incentives just to take care of our health and follow the protocols implemented because it's for our own sake. Let's just be thankful that we have not get infected by the virus.

I know many people can really benefit from these kinds of ideas, but it's typically not efficient and not sustainable enough to work. Imagine having to check weekly with swab tests, and who is going to pay for that? I know that there is nothing tangible to be benefitted from "following protocols" just being healthy. And I think that's enough of a reward for people who aren't going to get sick.

If there is a reward all the time for being the "good guy" who always follows the rules and making sure that everything is in order, I think many people would be richer.

I think having the opposite can be a discussion as well. Like those people who got infected and are not following the rules like quarantine, they need to be punished in a way. Maybe they could be the one providing the money for those "rewards" to the healthy ones, lol.

Why the Reward System won't work :
1. Catching COVID is accidental it's not like someone really wants to go and get the virus and is getting something good out of it. Therefore doing this might not only harm the basic intensions it was started because of.
2. People with COVID are the ones who need extra care and extra money , they have to pay huge amount of money to the hospitals and banks. Most of the people with COVID , they are unable to get treated since the hospitals are asking for unreasonable money.
3. If government did start to do that they will just take that money out of : Where?? Our taxes ?? Print more money?? How big the reward is supposed to be ?? Which might encourage people to stay inside ? Most of them won't even care for a small one.
4. Government is unable to provide free masks , free sanitizers and you think they will do this ? 😂 I don't believe they think about anything practically.
5. This would only work for the rich countries like USA.
6. What about the countries where the Virus have mutated to a much worse strain ??

**Initiating a reward system is blaming people for getting sick**

Just like our schools, where apparently kids who did not get sick and did not take holidays were Rewarded with money , or gold medal , or trophies. I believe that's just honestly the kind of society we live in , where people are not even allowed to feel sick and vulnerable and blamed for it.