{"id":52730,"date":"2021-06-11T18:40:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T22:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=52730"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:10:43","slug":"vaccine-lottery-and-boosting-covid-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/vaccine-lottery-and-boosting-covid-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine Lottery and Boosting COVID Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52731\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-300x185.png\" alt=\"Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-1536x948.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-600x370.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406-301x186.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/06\/Wohl-Vaccine-Lottery-COVID-Immunity-e1624834231406.png 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Credit: Spectrum News\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Governor Roy Cooper has instituted a vaccine lottery to help boost vaccination rates in the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/triad\/politics\/2021\/06\/10\/vaccine-lottery-and-boosting-covid-immunity\">Spectrum News<\/a> interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, to get his perspective on the effectiveness of the lottery.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Spectrum Interview <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/triad\/politics\/2021\/06\/10\/vaccine-lottery-and-boosting-covid-immunity\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Roy Cooper has instituted a vaccine lottery to help boost vaccination rates in the state. 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