Vaccine lotteries didn't boost vaccination rates

[struggle4progress]

BY MEGAN CERULLO
OCTOBER 15, 2021 / 5:10 PM / MONEYWATCH

... state-led vaccine lotteries .. did nothing to sway unvaccinated individuals to get inoculated against COVID ...

A variety of prizes — including cash, trucks and guns — were dangled in front of vaccine holdouts ...

By .. July, 19 states had announced large cash lotteries tied to the .. vaccine ...

"This looked like a really exciting policy that we were really rooting for when we saw lotteries come out and it's frankly disappointing we weren't able to find any evidence they were capable of moving the needle in this respect" ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/states-vaccine-lotteries-were-ineffective-study/

[gratuitous]

1. I don't suppose it's terribly surprising

But trying to get as many people inoculated as possible, I'm okay with the authorities trying anything they could. I know that I didn't get vaccinated to win some fabulous prize, but because it was my duty as a responsible citizen, part of the price to be paid to live in a free society.

[Hugin]

3. Yeah, there are those of us who viewed a free vaccination as priceless.

They had me at free pass to semi-normal. However, the contrarians have turned that to crap in the meantime as well.

[Hugin]

2. From what I was observing the small incentive payments were working the best...

However, they only generally appeal to those who think a couple of hundred dollars is a big deal. (I consider myself among that group.)

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Not Surprised

I didn't see any uptick here in Illinois because of it.
Initial surge, slow steady climb, from mid May to now.
There's no bump in late June or July when the lottery prizes started.
I admit I thought it would incentivize but Illinois data suggested otherwise long before I saw your post.
I completely expected, at this point, that someone would coalesce the data and come to this conclusion.

[Thunderbeast]

5. How did "JOINT FOR A JAB" work in Washington state?