Nicki Minaj's vaccine hesitancy shows persuasion works better than mandates

Reason's Liz Wolfe writes, "Though Minaj is all over the place with her objections to personally getting vaccinated and choosing not to attend the Met Gala, she's right to emphasize the importance of allowing adults to make their own choices free from coercive, top-down government measures—and the importance of allowing people to make their own private medical decisions on their own timelines.

What the Minaj swollen balls saga can teach us about federal vaccine mandates ? (now if that's not a clickable tweet, I don't know what is) https://t.co/7ALmYsmJCx

— Liz Wolfe (@lizzywol) September 16, 2021

If Minaj does ultimately choose to get vaccinated, as she indicates is likely, it will be because the prospect of losing out on the money and joy reaped by touring is a price she's decided she is not willing to pay. But she's the one who can judge those trade-offs for herself, and the people she does business with are the ones who can decide how much risk of viral spread they're willing to accept in venues, recording studios, and the like."

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