{"id":492819,"date":"2021-05-10T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492819"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:51:06","slug":"program-to-provide-free-shot-and-a-chaser-draws-people-to-vaccine-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/program-to-provide-free-shot-and-a-chaser-draws-people-to-vaccine-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Program To Provide Free \u2018Shot And A Chaser\u2019 Draws People To Vaccine Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprogram-to-provide-free-shot-and-a-chaser-draws-people-to-vaccine-sites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492819&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/beer-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A lot of people don\u2019t like to get shots at the doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Now one New York county has come up with a way to alleviate those hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine: Alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County \u201cworked with a local microbrewery to host its Shot and a Chaser program, offering individuals who got their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at Resurgence Brewing Company a free pint glass and coupon for the vaccinated person\u2019s drink of choice,\u201d The Buffalo News <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/free-beer-offer-results-in-more-vaccinations-than-all-erie-county-first-dose-clinics-last\/article_34b5d0d2-b011-11eb-92fd-8b7017585dc1.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The program seems to have worked: Before vaccinations began, there was a line out the door. By mid-afternoon, more than 100 people had taken up the offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to do more people today at our first-dose clinics than most of our first-dose clinics in the last week combined,\u201d County Executive Mark Poloncarz told the News. \u201cIt\u2019s been a success. We figured it would be pretty good, but now we\u2019re seeing the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paper also reported that New Jersey and Suffolk County have copied the idea, offering free drink vouchers at participating breweries for people who take the vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>The program is admittedly a small effort, Poloncarz said. \u201cBut if it gets another 200 people vaccinated today who otherwise would not have, that\u2019s 200 more people that are going to be protected from Covid-19,\u201d he said, \u201cand 200 less people we need to get to eventually reach herd immunity. And that\u2019s the important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shot-and-a-beer program follows other efforts by states to draw more people to get vaccinated. After a hot start, the pace of vaccinations has slowed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#vaccinations\">says<\/a> that just 115 million Americans have been fully vaccinated, about 35% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, West Virginia announced that residents age 16-35 will get $100 savings bonds when they get vaccinated. Republican Gov. Jim Justice said the plan has been enacted to \u201cjump-start\u201d young people \u2014 who are less at risk of severe effects from the virus \u2014 to get the shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur kids today probably don\u2019t really realize just how important they are in shutting this thing down,\u201d Justice said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to come up with a way that\u2019s truly going to motivate them, and us, to get over the hump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor said he wants younger individuals \u201cto really see and understand that they\u2019ve done something that\u2019s really meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you, West Virginia, it\u2019s time to shut this thing down\u201d unless state residents want COVID-19 to \u201clinger forever,\u201d Justice said. He added that the state decided to go with savings bonds instead of cash because cash would be \u201cjust \u2026 a dash in the pan and a couple of trips to Wendy\u2019s with your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe just a real dose of patriotism from the standpoint of a savings bond\u201d would be meaningful to the young, he said. \u201cOur young people should be really, really proud if they help us step up,\u201d Justice said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice estimates the program would cost about $28 million if lots of people take up the offer. \u201cIt would be the best money ever spent, like you can\u2019t imagine,\u201d he said. Justice said vaccines will be available at the state basketball tournament in Charleston, and soon will be accessible at mobile units at fairs, festivals, and other events.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people don\u2019t like to get shots at the doctors.Now one New York county has come up with a way to alleviate those hesitant to take the COVID-19 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277699,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/beer-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Program To Provide Free \u2018Shot And A Chaser\u2019 Draws People To Vaccine Sites","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/beer-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Program To Provide Free \u2018Shot And A Chaser\u2019 Draws People To Vaccine Sites","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}