It's a problem but I think it's also a "human nature" issue too and you are just not going to get "100%". I doubt they believe that "the majority" would get something like this annually, but I think right now they are focusing on trying to get the virus under control to reduce the mutations and variants, and then move on from there for the future. They still have the 1918 flu pandemic as a guide to how eventually viruses like this become "endemic". But in that case and probably this case, it will probably take years. From what I gather, the original 1918 virus (and/or variant) is still actually circulating.
"Messaging" without complete government control of every form of communications, is not going to work.
The only other immediate "approach" at this moment in time is literally rounding people up and strapping them down to be force-vaccinated. You can try to "sell" something all you want but if there are people out there among the 7 billion on this planet who are "not buying", then there's not much more you can do but try to get the transmission rates down enough to keep it contained.
I know there are some various technologies being researched/investigated and even tested and/or trialed like laser epicutaneous vaccination and/or vaccine delivery via a transdermal patch as an alternative to an intra-muscular shot, and this is actually being done with some COVID-19 vaccines.
The good news is as we have seen with the amazing first time use of mRNA technology for a vaccine, this pandemic has spawned all kinds of new ideas and illustrates the old adage of "necessity being the mother of invention".
If the mRNA vaccines are able to be shown to be effective without any long term consequences over time (years), it will be a game-changer that could once and for all, eliminate the need for creating vaccines in animal cells (like the eggs often used for the flu vaccines, which is a major issue for those who have egg allergies). The one caveat would be the ultra-cold storage temps, which is a hurdle that needs to be dealt with.
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