For those wondering as to the lure of lots of cash when it comes to vaccination, here’s the first of the Ohio results:
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s $5 million lottery to encourage vaccinations appears to be an early win.
State health officials said Monday that more than 25,400 Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered Friday, two days after the program was announced, making it the highest vaccination day in three weeks.
Maybe more telling were the people who got vaccinated. Vaccinations for residents ages 30 to 74 spiked by 6 percent after weeks of steady decline.
“Not only have we achieved our goal of increasing public awareness and interest, but we have slowed what was a consistent decline, and in certain age groups we’re seeing an increase again,” state Health Director Stephanie McCloud said. “This is doing exactly what we intended it to do.” [NBC News]
It’ll be interesting to see more nuanced analysis, and perhaps surveys to see how many people were vaccinated but told their friends that they had not.
Update: New York and Maryland are now using this strategy as well.
