States Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations by Getting Creative With Cash Incentives

Walgreens staff prepare vaccines for Educational Staff at Kettering City Schools to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as a part of Ohios Phase 1B vaccine distribution in Dayton, Ohio on February 10, 2021. (Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty)

By    |   Thursday, 27 May 2021 02:14 PM EDT ET

From free donuts to free flights for a year, corporate America has rolled out various incentives to encourage Americans to get one of the COVID-19 vaccines – and now states are hopping on board with giveaways that could land a vaccinated person as much as $5 million.

The state of Ohio “Vax-a-Million” campaign used money from the coronavirus relief program to pay the winners, the first of which were identified on Monday.

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From free donuts to free flights for a year, corporate America has rolled out various incentives to encourage Americans to get one of the trio of COVID-19 vaccines – and now states are hopping on board with giveaways that could land a vaccinated person as much as $5 million.
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