Do vaccine mandates work? 

Lottery tickets, beer, and yes, straight-up cash: These are some of the examples of incentives that cities, states and nations are trying out to drive up vaccination rates. But as The World’s Elana Gordon reports, amid rising infections, places are also turning to a firmer approach: vaccine mandates.

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