{"id":53263,"date":"2021-07-03T09:04:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T13:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=53263"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:12:09","slug":"how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will We Know If NC\u2019s Vaccine Lottery Is Working?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50063\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl.jpeg\" alt=\"david-wohl\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/david-wohl-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of North Carolinians getting their first shots has plateaued during the three weeks since the state announced a series of $1 million drawings for vaccinated people. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/north-carolina-news\/how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working\/\">ABC-11 news report<\/a> recognizes the numerous incentives being offered to persuade people to get their shots, and asks experts if they are working.<\/p>\n<p><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 compares them to a \u201ckitchen sink\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes in medicine, we treat the patient with multiple different medications,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t always know which one did the trick. But we\u2019re just glad that the patient recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/north-carolina-news\/how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working\/\">Watch or read the news story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of North Carolinians getting their first shots has plateaued during the three weeks since the state announced a series of $1 million drawings for vaccinated people. An ABC-11 news report recognizes the numerous incentives being offered to persuade people to get their shots, and asks experts if they are working. David Wohl, MD, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How Will We Know If NC\u2019s Vaccine Lottery Is Working?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":50063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,2],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-53263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-630","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Will We Know If NC\u2019s Vaccine Lottery Is Working? | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/how-will-we-know-if-ncs-vaccine-lottery-is-working\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Will We Know If NC\u2019s Vaccine Lottery Is Working? | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The number of North Carolinians getting their first shots has plateaued during the three weeks since the state announced a series of $1 million drawings for vaccinated people. 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