I wish Virginia would do this!

Anonymous wrote:So embarrassing to be an American these days. We must bribe our citizens to get a life saving vaccine that the rest of the world is begging for. Seems pretty clear that the US will never regain its moral standing in the world since at our heart we are a bunch of selfish idiots.

It’s so embarrassing to be an aMeRIcaN!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Is it retroactive? We were all diligent and got vaccinated ASAP. My kids were vaccinated last Thursday.

It is. There's even a website to confirm that they have your information.

And to make it even more appealing, its not just a 2 million dollar lotto. Its 40k a day for 40 days, with a 400k giveaway on July 4th, i think.

So lots of winners. Which is good, cause that will means lots more headlines about vaccines.

What website is this?

I believe they track your immunization record at md.myir.net

Anonymous wrote:Will those of us vaccinated at Greenbelt (FEMA) be entered?

Looks like those vaccinated at a federal facility aren't included, because those sites don't share information.

Here's the full website with info: https://www.mdlottery.com/promotion/2-million-vaxcash-promotion/

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Anonymous wrote:Is it retroactive? We were all diligent and got vaccinated ASAP. My kids were vaccinated last Thursday.

It is. There's even a website to confirm that they have your information.

And to make it even more appealing, its not just a 2 million dollar lotto. Its 40k a day for 40 days, with a 400k giveaway on July 4th, i think.

So lots of winners. Which is good, cause that will means lots more headlines about vaccines.

It's really a great idea. Once people start winning money, even more will go out and be vaccinated. Win win.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it retroactive? We were all diligent and got vaccinated ASAP. My kids were vaccinated last Thursday.

It is. There's even a website to confirm that they have your information.

And to make it even more appealing, its not just a 2 million dollar lotto. Its 40k a day for 40 days, with a 400k giveaway on July 4th, i think.

So lots of winners. Which is good, cause that will means lots more headlines about vaccines.

What website is this?

Great idea. The more people vaccinated the better.

Anonymous wrote:So embarrassing to be an American these days. We must bribe our citizens to get a life saving vaccine that the rest of the world is begging for. Seems pretty clear that the US will never regain its moral standing in the world since at our heart we are a bunch of selfish idiots.

Regain our moral standing? Really?

Anonymous wrote:It's probably actually cheaper to give away 2 million and then be able to close vaccination sites earlier, than keep them open longer. And hey, if it encourages the knuckleheads in rural areas to go get their shot, I'm all for it!

2 million is a pittance compared to the cost to the healthcare system and to the economy of having this pandemic drag on and on and on because some obstinate percentage of people keep refusing to do the right thing.

Every state should do this.

Anonymous wrote:Absurd. Wasteful spending.

It probably leads to more vaccine uptake than spending $2 million on more traditional messaging. Or do you oppose spending any money encouraging people to get the vaccines?

Its a great idea, I'm all for it. Its unfortunate this is what it takes to motivate people, but whatever. Its a small price to pay for more vaccinations

Anonymous wrote:Is it retroactive? We were all diligent and got vaccinated ASAP. My kids were vaccinated last Thursday.

It is. There's even a website to confirm that they have your information.

And to make it even more appealing, its not just a 2 million dollar lotto. Its 40k a day for 40 days, with a 400k giveaway on July 4th, i think.

So lots of winners. Which is good, cause that will means lots more headlines about vaccines.

Anonymous wrote:So embarrassing to be an American these days. We must bribe our citizens to get a life saving vaccine that the rest of the world is begging for. Seems pretty clear that the US will never regain its moral standing in the world since at our heart we are a bunch of selfish idiots.

I’m not clear what “moral standing” your version of America ever actually had in the world, but I’m sure it won’t be damaged by the use of incentives. If anything, America’s lack of moral standing is reflected in the distrust that many people have in the government based on their history of negative experiences.

Hogan loves wasting tax payer money.

Anonymous wrote:So embarrassing to be an American these days. We must bribe our citizens to get a life saving vaccine that the rest of the world is begging for. Seems pretty clear that the US will never regain its moral standing in the world since at our heart we are a bunch of selfish idiots.

I'm French, and the first to criticize any dumb American move However, the USA leads the world, after Israel, the UK, and a very few countries, in vaccinations. It's every country for themselves here.

So this is not embarrassing in the least, on the contrary, it's a genius move and one that could only be done in America. Know why? Because no other country is so wealthy they can do lotteries of 40K to 400K multiple days in a row, in multiple regions!!! France would never be able to do that. They're struggling to distribute vaccines and have only just now inoculated 20 million people with their first doses. Japan and South Korea, champions of Covid precautions, have only vaccinated their medical personnel.

I doff my hat.