>New data from the polling company Civis made public this week has some insights here. Researchers there asked more than 5,000 unvaccinated people to look at eight different ways of talking about vaccination—“messages,” in the parlance of political communication—and then asked them if, after hearing those messages, they were more or less likely to go do the thing. People got randomized into groups that heard different approaches to talking about vaccines, and there was a control group of people who didn’t see any of the messages being tested. **The messages were stuff like “It protects kids” and “You’ll be able to do things that require proof of vaccination,” all the way through “Vaccines are very safe” and even the deathbed words of someone who didn’t get vaccinated and got the disease**. Don’t care, exclude me. Also people on a vent are unconscious generally when they die so that last one is a lie. >Here’s the weird part: **People resisted entreaties, messages, even prizes. But when the hard-assed mandates started to slam down—get vaccinated or lose your job—the volume of complaints didn’t change, but the volume of vaccinations did. They worked. Lots of those people who said they’d never, nope, nuh-uh get vaccinated?** Poll numbers showed percentages of “never” in the teens and “only if you make me” in the single digits. After mandates, those conditions flipped—it turns out the “nevers” were the much smaller group. This isn’t “convincing” this is abuse and coercion and everyone who mandated someone to take a vaccine or be homeless are criminals and should be rounded up. Luckily my GF hasn’t had to worry about it yet. She was a “if they force me I’ll have to take it”. Which had me worried but after seeing all the adverse effects of coworkers and me sending her links and videos, she is now “I’ll find somewhere else to work, I’ll never take that shot.”