Thai town offers free cows to boost vaccine campaign

[snoop1130]

FILE PHOTO: A farmer in the Thai northeastern province of Roi Et, 560 km (348 miles) from Bangkok, walks his cattle back home as the sun set on August 14, 2007. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A district of northern Thailand has launched a raffle campaign for its vaccinated residents to win a live cow per week for the rest of the year, in a bid to boost the local COVID-19 vaccination drive.

 

From next month, one lucky vaccinated villager in the Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai province will be randomly chosen every week to win a young cow worth around 10,000 baht ($318.78).

 

The campaign, set to run for 24 weeks, has been met with enthusiasm in the town of 43,000 since it was announced earlier this week.

 

"Our vaccine registration numbers have gone from hundreds to thousands in a couple of days," district chief Boonlue Thamtharanurak told Reuters.

 

"The villagers love cows. Cows can be sold for cash."

 

More than 4,000 people in priority groups, including those over 60 years old and those with pre-existing conditions, have already registered for their shots, Boonlue said.

 

The town will start vaccinations on June 7, in line with the government's national rollout.

 

Other provinces in Thailand have also come up with creative incentives to boost registration, such as gold necklace giveaways, store discount coupons, or cash handouts.

 

At least 1.64 million of Thailand's 66 million population, have already received their first doses and more than 7 million have registered so far.

 

The Southeast Asian country has been hit by its biggest coronavirus outbreak so far, with the majority of its 119,585 cases and 703 deaths recorded in the past two months.

 

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[Phuketshrew]

6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

"The villagers love cows. Cows can be sold for cash."

A cash cow ......

[bluesofa]

24 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The town will start vaccinations on June 7, in line with the government's national rollout.

That's today's story.

I wonder what the story will be if this date passes by? Perhaps a new registration drive for flying pigs?

[Justgrazing]

34 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

"The villagers love cows. Cows can be sold for cash."

 

Get the cowculators out then .. 

 

40 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

one lucky vaccinated villager in the Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai province will be randomly chosen every week to win a young cow worth around 10,000 baht ($318.78).

 

Veally .. 

[Deli]

Does the buffalo get sick ?

[rasmus5150]

If they can win a cow in the countryside.....

What can they win in Bangkok..??..??..??..

[Damrongsak]

A bar in New Orleans, Louisiana in the U.S. was offering a bowl of beef noodles, a vaccination shot and a shot on the house for free.  Not sure if the second shot was for the Irish flu or what. 

 

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

From next month, one lucky vaccinated villager in the Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai province will be randomly chosen every week to win a young cow worth around 10,000 baht

155cm X 45kg I'm all in.

[ponder]

Very appropriate considering the etymology of the word vaccine (Latin vacca, cow).

 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/vaccination

 

 

[Chongalulu]

They’re offering that in ???????? UK too. Oh wait..that was Cowes - a wet weekend on the Isle of Wight

[Chongalulu]

Termed a 'Cowabunga' ?

[10baht]

I think Ohio is giving those who get the vaccine a ticket for a million dollar lottery for only those getting the shot. And for younger ones a free college year or at least semester.  Stick or carrot ? What ever works, let's just make it work.

[Nanaplaza666]

3 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

If they can win a cow in the countryside.....

What can they win in Bangkok..??..??..??..

An hour with Nat .

[hioctane]

They are doing incentives in the US too now that vaccinations have slowed down at around 50%.

[the shearer]

Nanaplaza666....Can I swap the cow for Nat ..She must be something else for 10000 baht

[BadSpottedDog]

Cowies for owies? ????????

[bluesofa]

20 minutes ago, the shearer said:

Nanaplaza666....Can I swap the cow for Nat ..She must be something else for 10000 baht

Cow swap, I see there's a site doing that:  cowswap.echange

 

[klauskunkel]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A district of northern Thailand has launched a raffle campaign for its vaccinated residents to win a live cow per week for the rest of the year

Hmmm, they do not have enough vaccine..., do they have enough cows?

[elgenon]

My condo association would have a cow. 555

[jippytum]

If my local area has a vaccination lottery for a new merc even Sinovac would be tempting

[Kinok Powell]

Tell us an udder.

[Sharp]

Herd Immunity!!????

[IamNoone88]

they love cows, but they love gold a lot more.

[bluesofa]

6 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

they love cows, but they love gold a lot more.

Yeah, you never see reports about a masked man going into a cow shop in Big C and stealing a herd of cows while the assistant was distracted.

I'd love to see them on the back of his getaway bike.

[Mywayboy]

13 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

A cash cow ......

Sounds like a whole lot of BULL to me.

[Tubulat]

That beast doesn't fit in the elevator of my condo.

[bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, Tubulat said:

That beast doesn't fit in the elevator of my condo.

I didn't know it was epileptic?

 

[raccos21]

This is one more interesting.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/03/31/free-with-covid-vaccine-krispy-kreme-marijuana-beer-and-more.html

[Chopinbkk]

I will sponsor 3 cows if I get 1 quality vaccine now  ....

[Chopinbkk]

I shall share that beast with all of you; if only I get the vaccine  .....