Why paying people to get the coronavirus vaccine won’t work

The first Covid-19 vaccine to gain emergency use authorization in the US could roll out within days, as Pfizer and BioNTech’s candidate was endorsed by an external advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 10. Two days earlier, an internal FDA panel endorsed the vaccine. These were the last required steps before the FDA authorizes the vaccine, which will soon be administered to healthcare workers across the country.

But while healthcare workers, who will be first to receive the vaccine, appear eager to get the shot, others...