Here's how getting your COVID vaccine can earn you $1 million

Will this push those who are vaccine hesitant to actually get the shot?

Phil West

Tech

Posted on May 13, 2021

From our friends at Nautilus:

In the early days of vaccination availability in the U.S., some people who secured appointments likened it to winning the lottery. Now, with the COVID vaccine widely available but with rates slowing way down, Ohio has announced a literal lottery of $1 million to incentivize those who haven’t yet been inoculated.

The “Ohio Vax-a-Million” program, announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in a statewide media address on May 12, will award $1 million prizes to five adults, plus five full in-state public college scholarships to teens who receive the COVID vaccine.

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*First Published: May 13, 2021, 9:01 am CDT

Phil West

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and the author of two books on soccer, ‘The United States of Soccer,’ and ‘I Believe That We Will Win,’ both from The Overlook Press. His work has appeared most recently in The Striker (where he served as managing editor), MLSSoccer.com, Next City, and Texas Highways. Based in Austin, he is also a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Here’s how getting your COVID vaccine can earn you $1 million

Will this push those who are vaccine hesitant to actually get the shot?

From our friends at Nautilus

Phil West