Parson Announces Missouri Vaccine Incentive Lottery With $10,000 Prizes

Image: Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021. Image courtesy: MU Health Care. Article by Tessa Weinberg. This story was first published on the Missouri Independent. It was republished on Flatland – July 21, 2021.

In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an incentive program that will feature chances to win $10,000 for those who get a shot.

Parson was also joined Wednesday by Donald Kauerauf, a former assistant director in the Illinois Department of Public Health, who will serve as the new director of the Department of Health and Senior Services. […]

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