Would free food or money motivate you to get vaccinated? Austin health officials are exploring the idea

kxan ^ | May 7, 2021 | Sally Hernandez

[bgill]

We are learning new details about the possibility of rewarding Central Texans to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Earlier this week, Austin Public Health officials suggested incentives may get more people vaccinated. They are now exploring what those incentives might look like.

"My hope is those businesses are listening, and that they are thinking about ways of how they can contribute to help Austin be a healthier place,” said APH Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard.

The group is in talks with local companies about offering incentives such as coupons, free food, beverages and even money.

[bgill]

I thought businesses went broke during the shut downs but now they have money to hand out for jabs.

This pandemic is all about $$$$$$$$$$$.

And, not for a million dollars.

[Rurudyne]

People I do not trust wanting me to do something.

[Sertorius]

Getting vaccinated now will reduce your bargaining power. Resist and get better stuff down the road.

[wildcard_redneck]

So they crush the economy and then offer free food for a vaccine.....

[Vaquero]

Hold the pickle hold the lettuce eat your burger they’ll inject us.

[joshua c]

free cheese. just step up to the trap.

[Meatspace]

There have been incentives to be vaccinated ever since the vaccines were introduced.

Some restaurants give free food, others give discounts, workplaces provide days off or extra pay to get vaccinated.

That process is already in place.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I think they took all the “slow” people in Texas and moved them to Austin....seems like a unusually high concentration of them there.

[rktman]

Uh, no.

[Blurb2350]

Exactly! Play coy and see how high the bidding goes.

[dowcaet]

Yup. Red flags everywhere with this one.

[EvilCapitalist]

There’s no such thing as a “free lunch.” Neither money nor food would get me to take the vaccine.

[Maskot]

Ahahahahahah! *breathes* Ahahahahahah

Ain’t one damn thing you can offer me to get your jab of death.

[thegagline]

There is no FDA approved vaccine to prevent COVID.

Good luck lab rats. You’ll need it.

[Jan_Sobieski]

A vaccine you have to be bribed to take, for a disease so bad you have to be tested to know if you have it

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Oh boy...we already have free donuts and beer. What else are they going to offer?

That on top of Xiden’s free money forever, who needs to work?

[Sertorius]

I’m thinking a free car, or forgiveness of student loans.

[NWFree]

Not even free weed would do it.

[Richard Axtell]

Would free burial motivate you to get vaccinated? I was vaccinated. And now I hear that as many as ten thousand people of all ages have died from blot clots after vaccination. Is this true or not?

[Fungi]

A thousand pounds of Dried Morchella angusticeps, and not one once less!