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What motivates people to get vaccinated? Mandates, not prize money
Remember the prizes, lotteries, and other incentives designed to get more people vaccinated last spring? The state of California alone gave out more than $118 million in prize money to people who played its vaccine lotto.
By Madeleine Brand • • 12m ListenRemember the prizes, lotteries, and other incentives designed to get more people vaccinated last spring? The state of California alone gave out more than $118 million in prize money to people who played its vaccine lotto. Now according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, those financial incentives did little to sway vaccine skeptics. In fact, it turned some people off even more.
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4 of 5Carson’s foul odor: Mayor pushes for resolution- 0:00Leaked Facebook docs are making headlines everywhere. We break down the latest news
- 12:09Carson mayor on why foul odor is still lingering, and whether breathing it harms your health
- 20:24COVID memes help us cope with pandemic-related stress, says UC Santa Barbara researcher
- 28:05What motivates people to get vaccinated? Mandates, not prize moneyYou’re reading this
- 40:39Spanx: Why people are still putting on shapewear, even men