When you berate those who are not vaccinated and use the language you usually use, you make them less likely to listen. Thanks a whole lot.
In this highly progressive corner of the world, the public figures who urge vaccination, which is all of them, do not use the berating language. But once in awhile those speaking on public service announcements to a certain community - let's say West Indians which is a big and somewhat non-vaccinated group - will wag a finger in the West Indian way.
In my parish context, we simply keep bringing up those who have had the shots and want to say they're happy they're vaccinated. The hesitant are often still hesitant, but they receive a positive message from many different quarters.
It's a process, and the berate mode (DiBlasio is often although not so much in this case the Berater in Chief) is not effective. Now - DiBlasio went from not berating to vaccine mandates, which is the topmost upgrade from berating. And - in terms of vaccination, it worked. I don't think the incoming guy would have done that, but who knows for sure?
Dave Benke