SELINSGROVE— Being paid to get the COVID-19 vaccine might be a good idea. The Dean of Susquehanna University’s Sigmund Weis Business School, Dr. Matt Rousu, says in a recent survey he conducted, paying someone to get a vaccinated would increase the numbers:
“We found in our sample that over 95 percent, if you offered $100 would have been willing to get the vaccine. Many would have been willing to do it for free, but once you offered $100, 95 percent were willing to do this,” Rousu said.
He added that the fundamentals of the economy were quite strong prior to COVID-19, so would assume when people’s lives get back to being closer to normal, that the economy would come back as well.
“It will require us not being afraid to go out- to be willing to go to movies, to be willing to travel, and all of the things that not only are fun, but stimulate the economy,” Rousu said.
Rousu was recently on WKOK. You can hear the full interview on the WKOK podcast page at wkok.com.
