ORANJESTAD, WILLEMSTAD - In Aruba, the Wind Creek Aruba company promises every employee who gets vaccinated an amount of $ 300. Wind Creek owns Renaissance hotels in Aruba and Curacao, several casinos and Starbucks. The offer appears to apply to staff in Aruba only. It concerns 750 employees. Anyone who can show that they have been vaccinated twice will receive $ 300, according to the website www.24ora.com, in a letter from the management to the employees. Many American tourists want to visit Aruba and the company wants to show that they are fully prepared and do everything they can to prevent infections.
Doctors Izzy Gerstenbluth and Ashley Duits respond to this report today. They think there are ethical objections to the payment. They understand that the company wants to provide an incentive, but would rather see people make the choice of their own free will to get vaccinated.