Carrot or stick? The battle to get the jab into as many arms as possible

The president of the Philippines appeared on television last week to give a late-night address in which he suggested a punitive regime for anti-vaxxers.

“If they don’t want to be vaccinated, they should not be allowed to go out of their homes,” Rodrigo Duterte said. “They may say there is no law, but should I wait for a law knowing that many will die?”

Duterte’s threats represent the most draconian end of the spectrum of government