Скачать или смотреть North Carolina vaccine lottery already having an impact

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine just got a lot more exciting for a lot of people after Governor Cooper upped the ante and announced $1 million cash prizes for North Carolinians who get the shot. Plus, four teens ages 12 to 17 will win $125,000 towards a college education. It's all in an effort to get more people vaccinated as demand continues to drop off.

In Mecklenburg County, they’re hoping it will help raise vaccination rates and close some of the disparities they are continuing to see. Vaccine providers are trying to oversaturate certain neighborhoods with COVID-19 vaccine.

“We didn't get here overnight and we won't get out of this overnight,” Dr. Raynard Washington, Mecklenburg County Deputy Health Director, said of those disparities.

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