Guns, Trucks And Trips: West Virginia Expands Prizes For Vaccinated Residents
at 9:50 pm NPR
West Virginia is giving its vaccine incentive program a boost to get more residents immunized from the coronavirus, Gov. Jim Justice announced on Tuesday.
All residents who get a COVID-19 vaccine will be enrolled in the chance to win a college scholarship, a tricked-out truck, or hunting rifles, in addition to a $1.588 million grand prize. The program, which will run from June 20 through Aug. 4, will be paid for through federal pandemic relief funds. The faster we get people across the finish line the more lives we save. That s all there is to it, Justice said. If the tab just keeps running the cost is enormous. The hospitalizations are enormous. We have to get all of our folks across the finish line.