Brewery's free 'vaccine shot and a beer' program is roaring success
To encourage customers to get vaccinated, local micro-breweries in Buffalo,
New York, turned to pop-up vaccination clinics.
First reported by
Buffalo News, Erie county bars and the health department are teaming up in a partnership called
Shot and a Chaser program to serve beer and vaccinated shots to increase interest in getting vaccinated,
The Guardian reported.
Breweries are offering Moderna vaccines with a free pint glass and coupons for the vaccinated person’s choice of drink. Because the Moderna shot requires two visits, a second free pint glass will be offered to the customer four weeks later.
“Here’s a good incentive,” the Erie county executive Mark Poloncarz told
the Buffalo News last week. “If this doesn’t work, I don’t know what will. Help get on the vaccine train, and if it takes a beer to do it, that’s OK. This is Buffalo. We love our beer.”
“We’re going to do more people today at our first-dose clinics than most of our first-dose clinics in the last week combined,” Poloncarz said. “It’s been a success. We figured it would be pretty good, but now we’re seeing the results.”
Get a shot while drinking one too.
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