Posted on 06/20/2021 2:47:26 AM PDT by Libloather
State efforts to juice Covid-19 vaccination rates through million-dollar lotteries haven’t reversed the steep decline in adults seeking out shots when many pockets of the country remain vulnerable to the coronavirus.
While Ohio did see a two-week bump in adult vaccination rates last month after becoming the first state to offer sizable cash prizes, the pace of vaccinations there has already fallen off. And states that followed its headline-grabbing example made some small gains without showing evidence of any comparable surge, a POLITICO analysis of federal and state data shows.
“It’s just not working,” said Irwin Redlener, who directs the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia University. “People aren’t buying it. The incentives don’t seem to be working - whether it’s a doughnut, a car or a million dollars.”
States launching the lotteries hoped they could nudge a persuadable group of holdouts to get vaccinated and reduce the risk of new waves of infection in pockets of the country with less protection against the coronavirus. Even as the nation slowly approaches President Joe Biden’s goal to vaccinate at least 70 percent of adults, public health officials have increasingly warned that these areas face a greater threat from the highly transmissible and more severe Delta virus variant, which was first identified in India and now accounts for at least 10 percent of total U.S. cases.
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The more info that trickles out about these shots that I read, the more of a hard “No” I become.
Not even for a million bucks...
It is not about apathy. It is about concern about the reports of dangerous, even fatal effects of the vaccine. We have been told so many lies this last year, that trust in medical and scientific authorities is shaken, or gone. More is coming out about the origins and realities of COVID, and the CCP’s role in all this, and many people apparently no longer trust what they are being told about the vaccine. I am withholding judgement, for now.
The more info that trickles out about these shots that I read, the more of a hard “No” I become.
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With the latest research showing the MRNA jabs DO change/ effect our DNA, there is going to be a huge price to pay. Why only just now is that research getting out? Sinister, evil......
It’s more important to make Emperor Joe look good than to save lives from the Wu Hu Flu...
Cant have the poor old man being embarrassed come Independence Day...
Excellent comment. But, after much research, I have judged the vaccines to be pernicious. Only at the point of a gun...
Totalitarianism also does not sell well in a country founded on individual freedoms. Crazy, ain’t it.
In the immortal (or immoral, I don’t know which) words of Herself as regarded the Benghazi issue, ““What difference at this point does it make?”
Stop ragging on people, and accept that effective herd immunity has been achieved. Let’s get on with the business of business.
Folks understand they have a better chance of winning the top prize in a lottery, that dying from Covid
Lotteries have always been a tax on the stupid anyway.
If guv has to bribe people to do something, what guv is offering is not appealing nor acceptable.
They have vaccination stations set up at the beaches in Florida. Looked like a couple of people took them up on it. Still heard a few comments ranging from “not a chance” to “f@ no”. To each their own.
People must realize that you can’t take it with you.
Odd that the jab isn’t selling itself and they have to resort to bribes. It protects you from meteorites and unicorn stabbings. Not one person who got the jab has been reported killed from either of those things. You can’t argue with numbers like that!
Apathy my ass. I refuse to be part of the experiment.
Not even for a million bucks...
I agree. What's your life worth?
The growing number of "DIED UNEXPECTANTLY" obits makes a person take pause.
Did anyone ever ask where the money for this lottery is from?
It's not even bribery, much less a lottery. The state of Ohio may call it a lottery but it's completely RIGGED. Does anything think for a moment that the state of Ohio would select a "winner" who was dead or dying from taking the experiment?
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