Posted on 06/02/2021 5:29:36 AM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX19) - Kentucky will roll out an incentive program for people to get vaccinated, Gov. Andy Beshear said on Tuesday.
The move comes as 2.06 million Kentuckians, or 46 percent of the state’s population, are at least partially vaccinated, according to Kentucky’s vaccination data.
Beshear has previously stated he would consider incentive programs for vaccinations, even saying he would be willing to copy Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery as several other states have done.
“Any idea will be considered. We are willing to steal any good idea that other states have had,” the governor said last week.
Ohio saw a bump in vaccinations the week following the announcement of its lottery. According to Ohio Department of Health data, the state saw a 106 percent increase that week from its weekly vaccination average pre-announcement. But the increase didn’t sustain itself; the following week saw just a 48 percent increase, and the most recent ODH data bears out that decline.
The first winner of Ohio’s Vax-a-Million drawing was a Tri-State resident. The second winner, out of a total of five, will be announced on Wednesday.
Beshear on Tuesday did not say whether Kentucky would employ a lottery or some other form of incentive program.
The governor has relied on private businesses to create their own incentives, such as when Racing Louisville FC, a women’s soccer team, offered vaccines at a soccer match in late April.
The Kentucky lottery began offering free coupons for free lottery tickets to adults who get the vaccine in early May.
Meanwhile, Beshear’s statewide goal of 2.5 million vaccinations to drop all pandemic health orders, meant to incentivize vaccinations, proved more stick than carrot. Billed during its unveiling as Kentucky’s “COVID-19 exit strategy,” it seemingly failed to thwart the precipitous decline in vaccinations that gripped the commonwealth and the country through April.
The health orders will be gone June 11, Beshear announced in early May.
That announcement, which ostensibly dispensed with the 2.5 million vaccination goal, came just days after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Ohio’s health orders would be gone June 2.
Also on Tuesday, Beshear announced that due to increased vaccinations, senior centers will reopen at full capacity on June 11.
All true, but my point stands. Anecdotal evidence can be used to support any claim. It’s not valid, of course, but that doesn’t stop people from doing it.
Problem is, you overlook that I don’t think I need a vaccine in the first place. This isn’t polio.
200,000,000 vaccinated with less than 50,000 casualties is as far from anecdotal as Biden is from Trump.
Why is 50,000 okay? What if *I* am one of the 50,000. Will someone be able to make my wife feel like it was worth it?
Hoss
The incentive that would work for me is to have stockpiles of Ivermectin and HCQ+ to address the CV19 problem. Y’all can take your experimental vaccines and shove em.
50,000 IS WAY WAY WAY HIGHER than anything in the news. I am a conservative, so my estimates are conservative.
So would you be rather in the 0.05% risk category or be hospitalized in a plastic tent isolated from your loved ones if you get seriously sick from covid?
Or would you rather be included in the 529,000 ADDITION DEATHS recorded in year 2020 ABOVE the average yearly deaths in USA?
I have zero problem if you skip the vaccines. But you won’t be allowed on many future venues where people congregate in large numbers. I am especially glad you will not be on my cruise ship in September.
I wasn’t talking about that. I was talking about the anecdotal “I took the vaccine and everything was fine” type of comment.
And to add to that, what are my chances of getting the virus with major symptoms if I DON’T take the virus?
I don’t see any point in taking the virus. But then, I don’t have TV so I don’t see those scary PSA’s and CNN stories.
If I get the virus I’ll just take Ivermectin. I’ll be fine - almost certainly.
The Lord will take me at a time of HIS choosing.
Same here, we have no interest in little king Andy’s vaccine dog and pony show. I have had covid and am immune and she has worked in the healthcare profession said she has never heard so much BS and lies flowing from the mouths of so-called professionals in her life.
If you’re a Kentuckian and little king Andy spouts off his non-sense if you run into a teacher tell the little turd thanks for nothing and ask them how that retirement fund is doing under their king after his daddy stole it and he never finished funding it.
Looks like you and I are of the same mind regarding the Beshear dad and son team and Bevin.
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