From my home state of Alabama....Governor Ivey came out yesterday and said in a blunt way....'NO' to any incentives to Alabamians to get the Covid-19 vaccination. We are of course around number fifty in the states, on the getting the vaccination rate done. Some Alabamians would argue that there are more dogs in the state vaccinated....than people.
For several weeks...journalists and pro-vaccinate folks were pushing that the state needed some kind of 'bonus-deal' or incentive....never being clear what it'd be....to get folks fixed up.
I paused over this and put my mind to the list of things that might have convinced Alabamians to cross the line and get the two-shot deal:
1. A slip signed by the Baptist Association guarantying you entry into Heaven....even if you did frequent saloons/bars/strip-joints.
2. A 40-pound bag of dry dog food.
3. A free ticket to a University of Alabama football game (it might be over a period of ten years though).
4. A lottery chance of winning one of three-hundred shotguns.
5. A dinner-date with Governor Ivey.
6. A free chainsaw for one of twenty new vaccinated folks.
7. A signed photo by former President Trump.
8. A free bus-ticket from your town to the state capital.
9. Free banjo lessons.
10. One seat for the newly vaccinated folks to ride the lead car at the next Talladega race.
