DeKalb's $100 incentive drives COVID vaccinations

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DeKalb's $100 incentive drives COVID vaccinations

PHOTOS: The metro county is the only one in Georgia so far to embrace financial incentives.

Hundreds of cars lined up at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. DeKalb County was offering $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got the COVID-19 vaccine. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Hundreds of cars lined up at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. DeKalb County was offering $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got the COVID-19 vaccine. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

More than 1,100 people received COVID-19 vaccinations -- and $100 prepaid debit cards -- at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, Aug. 13. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

A representative from DeKalb County Fire Rescue administers a COVID-19 vaccination during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, August 13, 2021. DeKalb County gave out $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got a shot. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Kerwjuan Bailey (right) receives a $100 prepaid debit card from the DeKalb County BOard of Health's Audrey Moyer (left) after he got the COVID-19 vaccine shot during a vaccination event at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, August 13, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

DeKalb County gave out $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got the COVID-19 vaccine shot during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, Aug. 14. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

A DeKalb County resident shows off the $100 prepaid debit card he received after he got the COVID-19 vaccine shot during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, August 13, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

DeKalb County residents line up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine -- and a $100 prepaid debit card -- during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, Aug. 13. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Members of DeKalb County Fire Rescue administer vaccinations during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Hattie Ross, a registered nurse with the DeKalb County Board of Health (foreground), administers the COVID-19 vaccine during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, August 13, 2021. More than 1,100 people were vaccinated. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond encourages residents to get vaccinated during a vaccination event at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. The county gave out $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got shots. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

NBA legend Dominique Wilkins (left) encourages residents to get vaccinated during an event at The Gallery at South DeKalb on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. Wilkins is flanked by DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, DeKalb District Health Director Dr. Sandra Valenciano and former Atlanta Hawk Dikembe Mutombo (rear). (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Hundreds of cars lined up at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2021. DeKalb County was offering $100 prepaid debit cards to people who got the COVID-19 vaccine. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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