Philadelphia Vaccine Lottery, Sweepstakes Program Failed to Significantly Boost Immunizations

WDIY | By Alan Yu | WHYY

Published September 3, 2021 at 10:40 PM EDT

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Vaccine sweepstakes winner Daniel Silva and Dr. Angela Duckworth hold a giant check during a press event at Maria de los Santos Health Center.

Philadelphia ran a sweepstakes program this summer to try to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. It was also an experiment to see whether sweepstakes would work. WHYY’s Alan Yu reports that researchers now have the results.

(Original air-date: 8/31/21)

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Alan was all set on majoring in biology, but then he realized he liked writing about science more than doing research, so he left Hong Kong and went to study journalism in the U.S. After interning at NPR and WBEZ in Chicago, he has never wanted to work anywhere outside of public radio. He covers space and all other kinds of innovation. He enjoys comic books, LEGO, and dragon boating.

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