COVID-19 vaccine incentives include $1M, full college scholarships [4 minute Youtube Video]

"In today's hot takes we got to discuss

quite a bit here

because we got a long list of incentives

now racking up across the country when

it comes to incentivizing americans to

get vaccinated of course

we highlighted one of the tastiest

incentives krispy kreme giving free

donuts to anyone who could show their

vaccine card we highlighted that with

the ceo of

krispy kreme right here on the show but

a couple other incentives to note here

including new york

raffling off 50 full college

scholarships in new york for kids who

get vaccinated ages 12 to 17 and also

ohio's first 1 million dollar winner in

their "Vax-A-Million lottery" for people who get

vaccinated so kiko i mean the incentives

are stacking up which makes me feel bad

because you know i

did it before we got all these things

but that's a cynical look

right i mean zach you and i got the

vaccine without

any incentives and here we are talking

about either a million dollars or a free

ride to college it's interesting when

you look at the ohio numbers because you

could argue they kind of started this

trend with other states

following in on their incentives more

than 2.7 million

adults signed up for that one million

dollar prize

more than a hundred four thousand uh

kids 12 to 17 entered for the college

scholarship my question is

which is which is the better incentive

the the million dollars or the free ride

to college because we've seen other

states follow

in ohio's footsteps yeah and you gotta

adjust for the odds you gotta do net

present value

there's a lot of calculations there to

do which one's best i would give the

shout out to new jersey

for being on brand there with their shot

and a beer combo when it comes to

getting a free beer

for getting the shot i think brand value

also matters here too

and i'm not sure what that says about

ohio and their love for lotteries

or other states out there and theirs but

um but you're right maybe it's cynical

to be

focused in on the incentives as a

negative but you gotta wonder i mean it

kind of incentivizes you to wait and see

what else you can get so maybe you wait

a little bit longer to say

what's in it for me but kind of strange

that we even have to do this i guess

yeah i mean the president has said he

wants about 70 of the population

vaccinated by july 4th

still well off of that when you look at

the national numbers

i think i'm with you and that a million

dollars sounds great when you think

about the odds

is that really the incentive that gets

people to get the vaccine versus

a guaranteed free beer free donuts

i feel like the food uh drinks always

have the better incentive

uh one state that i thought was a little

creative was maine

they are offering free fishing licenses

and ll bean gift cards which i would

argue is

is very main um but

obviously they're putting that forward

because they think it's an attractive

offer

yeah they might edge out new jersey for

being even more on brand there

um but i mean all of these things

clearly

they're all meant for the right reason

when it comes to driving people to get

vaccinated out there but

i don't know what that says about me who

was just in line for the donut i mean

having krispy kreme doughnut was enough

to get me on board

but i mean i did you get it for the full

year you get it for the full year it's

not just one donut

yeah you can go back as many as you want

and yet i still haven't gone in yet

because that's just you know i guess i'm

lazy that way but i mean it's working

too right akiko i mean all these things

are working when you think about

where we're at in the pandemic and

president biden's goal of 70

by july we're on pace right so i mean

things are

working yeah and if you look at ohio's

numbers they've said that

uh vaccination rates jumped about 33

percent when they started this campaign

there's more millions to be given out

they're giving out another scholarship

as well so the thinking at least in that

state is

you have to keep this going because just

like we've seen with other vaccines

or other states um their numbers ticked

up when the campaign was launched

but then it kind of tailed off and so

i mean maybe those who are holding out

for better incentives

that may be a better game plan but we

should say that that

you know health experts we've had on

sake just go out and get vaccinated

no incentive meaning just go out and get

vaccinated uh yeah i mean i think that

the vaccine

uh stats speak for themselves that

should probably be the most the most

important incentive i suppose there in

terms of the health impacts and the

safety

around all that for your loved one"

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