Vaccine holdouts should pay for their own care

Re: Alberta adds vacation packages, travel prizes to COVID-19 vaccine lottery, June 16

Around the world, lotteries of various sorts are being used to try to get the holdouts to become vaccinated against COVID-19. It probably will not be long before this process is used to encourage people to vote.

In both cases we would be bribing people to do their civic duty, which seems wrong. I suggest an alternative. Vaccines have been proven to work. If some people decide they do not want to get vaccinated and have no critical health reason for doing so, they should be penalized for putting others at risk.

In this case, regardless of their reason, they should have to pay for all their health-care bills if they get sick, and third-party insurance should be refused.

People have to take responsibility for their actions. Yes they may be saved by a positive attitude, an alternative medicine, God, or luck, but if not, there should be a consequence.

If some people are unwilling to accept personal responsibility for their own health, the health of their family, friends or community, why should the latter be responsible for paying for their recovery?

Bob Koruna

St Catharines