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Pizza for shots: UK targets young with vaccine incentives
AP ^
| 7/31/21
| DANICA KIRKA
Posted on 08/01/2021 5:27:01 PM PDT by conservative98
LONDON (AP) — Restaurants, ride-hailing apps and food delivery services are backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, offering discounts and even free slices of pizza to persuade young people to roll up their sleeves and get the shot.
The program, announced Sunday by the Department of Health and Social Care, is designed to boost the vaccination rate among adults under 30 as Britain races to inoculate as many people as possible before colder weather arrives.
While more than 90% of adults in Britain have received at least one dose of vaccine, the rate for people between the ages of 18 and 30 is about 60%, according to government statistics.
As he thanked businesses for helping out, Health Secretary Sajid Javid urged people to “take advantage of the discounts.” Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and Pizza Pilgrims are among the brands to offer incentives.
“The lifesaving vaccines not only protect you, your loved ones and your community, but they are helping to bring us back together by allowing you to get back to doing the things you’ve missed,” he said.
Britain is not the only nation to try more carrot — and less stick — to persuade the reluctant to roll up their sleeves. U.S. President Joe Biden this week called on states and local governments to join New York and Minnesota in offering $100 rewards,
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News
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To: conservative98
Truly pathetic.
To: conservative98
Pizza and beer go together better.
Shots not so much.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:29:51 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: conservative98
Well if thats all your life is worth to you...
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:30:10 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: conservative98
It’s real bad that they are offering Dominos for a shot.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:30:20 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: conservative98
Anyone who would take this offer is a cheap whore. And stupid.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:31:45 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
To: Secret Agent Man
Give me liberty or give me pizza pie - Shaggy.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:33:18 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: monkeyshine
I could never stand beer.
Nor alcohol in any form.
Ditto coffee.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:34:58 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: conservative98
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:38:59 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
To: MayflowerMadam
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:39:53 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: MayflowerMadam
Anyone who would take this offer is a cheap whore. A proper whore would hold out for "pizza for a year."
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:39:54 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: frogjerk
Hahaha! I thought the same thing.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:42:50 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
To: Rio
You’re right. The classy ones would hold out. LOL!
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:42:50 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
To: Rio
“A proper whore would hold out for ‘pizza for a year’.”
Or maybe an extra large.
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:43:29 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
To: Rio
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posted on
08/01/2021 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: wally_bert
To: Col Frank Slade
From what I know of British cuisine, same here.
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posted on
08/01/2021 6:11:35 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: conservative98
Garbage food for poison...
Right!!!
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posted on
08/01/2021 6:17:49 PM PDT
by
HypatiaTaught
(president FRAUD of the divided states of China)
To: Col Frank Slade
British pizza ?
Pass
_____________
No kidding, spent a week in London and I must say, the absolute most disgusting food in the world...
Can’t even make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich taste okay.
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posted on
08/01/2021 6:21:18 PM PDT
by
HypatiaTaught
(president FRAUD of the divided states of China)
To: Secret Agent Man
Well if thats all your life is worth to you...
Maybe it's a supreme pizza.
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posted on
08/01/2021 7:39:47 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Republican politicans love being in office, Democrat politicians love being in power.)
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