Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announces ‘Be a Mo VIP Winner’ vaccine incentive program

Missouri Gov.

Mike Parson announces ‘Be a Mo VIP Winner’ vaccine incentive program

NEWS.YOU COULD WIN $10,000 BY GETTINGVACCINATED THE MISSOURI GOVERNORMADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WITHINTHE LAST HOUR.I’M LARA MORITZ AND I’M KELLYECKERMAN.THE GOAL IS TO RAMP UPVACCINATIONS AND STOP THE DTAELVARIANT FROM SPREADING ACROSSTHE STATE KMBC9S MICHEAL MAHONEYIS AT THE STATE CAPITOL WHERETHE GOVERNOR JUST WRAPPED UPTHAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT MICHAEL.YEAH, INDEED THE NEWS OF THEL.VACCINATION INCENTIVE PLANETSNOT GOING TO BE A MILLION DOLLARLOTTERY.IT’S GOING TO BE UP TO $10,000IS BEING OVERSHADOWED.IT’S BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY TWOTHINGS FIRST.GOVERNOR.MIKE PARSONS ANNOUNCED HIS NEWDIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH.HE’S GOING TO BE THE GUY ATHE TTIP OF THE SPEAR IN THE REST OFTHE COVID-19 FIGHT.HE HAS DON KAROFF.HE IS FROM ILLINOIS STATEGOVERNMENT AND SECONDLY DURINGTHE NEWS CONFERENCE.I ASKED GOVERNOR PARSONS WHY HEWHEN HE ALWAYS URGES PEOPLE TOGET VACCINATED HE QUALIFIER ONHE SAYS IF THEY WANT TO TODAY HEURGED THEM TO CONSIDER TO GETVACCINATED EVEN THOUGH THE RATESARE QTEUI HIGH IN THE STATE.SO I ASKED HIM WHY HE ADDS THATQUALIFIER AND IF BY ADDING THATALQU THERE ISN’T HE REALLYPULLING THE PUNCH.HERE’S WHAT HE SAID.WE ARE NOT GOING TO FORCEANYBODY TO TAK AE VACCINE INTHIS STATE.WE’RE NOT GOING TO MANDATE IT.WE’RE NOT GOING TO FORCE PEOPLETO DO THAT.BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGETHE ONES THAT REALLY ARE MAYBEON THE BUBBLE.MAYBE THE ONES ARE TRYING TOFIGURE OUTO D DO I NOT WE WANTTO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THATVACCINE, BUT WHAT WE NEED RIGHTNOW IS GOOD INFORMATION TO THOSEPEOPLE TTHA THEYAN C MAKE GOODDECISIONS.WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHTNOW.THE INFORMAONTI IS OUT THENUMBERS GOING UP A LOT OFMULTIPLE FRONTS THAT PEOPLE ARETAKING MORE VACCINE AND THAT’SEXACY TLWHAT WE WANT.NOW THERE’S GOINGO T BE MOREINFORMATION COMING OUT ABOUTTHIS LOT OF VACCINE IENNCTIVEPROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE OPERATEDTHROUGH THE LOTTERY.IT’S GNGOI TO HAVE THREEDIFFERENT CATEGORIES RED WHITEAND BLUE THE RED CATEGORY WILLBE FOR PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER WHOHAVE GOTTENNE O DOSE AFTER JULY21ST.THE WHITE VERSION WILL BE FORPEOPLE OVER 18 ONE DOSE BEFOREJULY 21ST, AND THEN THE BLUEDOSE WILL BE FOR YOUNG PEOPLEBETWEEN THE AGES OF 17.WHO HEAV GOTTEN AT LEAST ONEDOSE ANY TIME AND THERE WILLALSO BE INCENTISVE HANDED OUTO TLOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS,BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG STORIESHERE TODAY THE VACCINE INCENTIVEMORE ON THAT TOMORROW, MISSOURIIS NAMED A NEW HEALTH DIRECTORTO LDEA THE COVID-19 FIGHT ANDTHE GOVERNOR’S DEFENDING HISPOSITIONN O URGING PEOPLE TO GETVACCINE VACCINES IF THEY WANT TOWE’LL HAVE MORE ON ALL THISMICHAEL MAHONEY KMB NC9EWS,JEFFERSON CITY AND HEER MOREDETAILS ON THAT VACCINE LOTTERYLOTTERY DRAWING.THE FIRST WILL TAKE PLACE.AUGUST 13TH DRAWINGS WILL OCCUREVERY TWO WEEKSNT UIL OCTOBER8TH.THERERE A TWO WAYS TO ENTER THESWEEPSTAKES YOU CAN GO TO MOSTOPS COVID-19, OR YOU CAN CALLTHE NUMBER T