Political Rewind: Incentives, Misinformation As Officials Weigh Best Step Forward In COVID Pandemic
Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia remains near the bottom of states with fully vaccinated residents. Some local officials are offering incentive programs, such as gift certificates, to encourage people to get COVID-19 shots. Augusta Mayor\xa0Hardie Davis joined our panel and discussed the latest efforts of his city.\n\nPfizer reported a low-dose vaccine is effective in young children. Vaccination of young people against COVID would represent a huge victory in the fight against the pandemic, but will misinformation stunt the effectiveness of this new development?\xa0\n\n"You have a worldwide population that is now addicted to certainty," Jim Galloway said. "It doesn't care what the information is. If it carries the imprimatur of the certainty there with it, that's where they want to go."\n\nAlso, Buckhead's attempt to separate from the city of Atlanta has gained national attention. Our panel discussed how this decision could impact the Republican Party, and other cities in Georgia.\n\nPanelists:\n\nMayor Hardie Davis\xa0\u2014 Mayor of Augusta\n\nJim Galloway \u2014 Former political columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution\n\nHeath Garret \u2014 Republican political consultant\n\nDr. Amy Steigerwalt \u2014 Professor of political science, Georgia State University