Yes the US should definitely just pay people but then that is not zero covid anymore there are more than enough chuds that would literaly burn free government money to own the libs.

This has been tried in many places already for many immunization programs—and specifically with COVID, in somewhere my family is from. It had little to no effect on vaccination rates. People holding out at this point either have legitimate barriers to access (e.g. can't get time off from multiple jobs, no transportation to clinics, etc.) or are ideologically opposed and cannot be bought off.

Mandates and harsh punishment for non-compliance is the only way forward.