While these programs are most common in wealthy countries, with the luxury of unused doses, incentives have also cropped up in small towns and countries still…
Announcing the new campaign, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said getting a jab will allow people to “return to creating those special moments.”
These programs are most common in wealthy countries with the luxury of unused doses, and large contingents of vaccine skeptics. But incentives have also cropped up in small towns and countries still struggling through the early stages of their vaccination drives.Fully vaccinated people account for only 0.5 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in Canada: Trudeau
He noted that soccer-mad fans in north London may have been tempted by tours of its world famous Emirates stadium — available to those who got a vaccine at an on-site clinic earlier this summer. But he was more skeptical of the latest push, featuring discounted Uber rides and Deliveroo food delivery. “Kebabs for jabs,” the Mirror tabloid dubbed it. “Whether anybody is going to get vaccinated because they will get a discount on a pizza, I doubt it,” McKee said.
Katja Leikert, vice-chairwoman of the conservative CDU and CSU bloc in the German parliament, registered her disapproval. Offering Bratwurst as an incentive to get jabbed resembles “a decadent society of hedonism.” She expressed incomprehension for adults who “don’t feel a little strange when one has to hold a Bratwurst in front of them so that they get vaccinated.
Every weekend through the end of August, visitors who receive their shots at Bran Castle get free admission to the museum’s exhibit of medieval torture instruments. “We want to show people how needles were use back in the Middle Ages in Europe,” said Alexandru Priscu, the castle’s marketing manager.Article content
In some U.S. states that held lotteries for vaccine recipients, with prizes as high as US$1.5 million, leaders reported upticks in interest, but it’s unclear how large of a role the incentive played. West Virginia, the first to announce cash giveaways, remains one of the least vaccinated states in the country.
“We are targeting those who are thinking about taking the vaccine but don’t find the time or think it’s not worth the hassle to book an appointment or turn up,” he said. “It’s more nudging those over the threshold to do it.”
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