After the rapid start of the US vaccination campaign, it has now lost much of its pace.
One state is now taking a rather unusual measure.
Sacramento - There is currently too little corona vaccine in Germany for too many people who want to be vaccinated.
In the United States, one is fighting completely different problems.
There the vaccination campaign, which was launched very successfully by President Joe Biden, stalled considerably.
In order to get this working again, a US state is now resorting to very unusual means.
California wants to lure its still unvaccinated citizens with a lot of money.
Governor Gavin Newsom launched the "Vax for the Win" program.
With a total volume of 116 million dollars (around 95 million euros), the Democrat wants to induce the Californian citizens who have not yet received a vaccine to get the corona vaccination.
In addition, people who have already been vaccinated should also be rewarded.
Corona vaccinations in the USA: California distributes 116 million dollars to vaccinated people
The big rain of money beckons ten people.
Ten fully vaccinated Californians will each receive $ 1.5 million via lottery.
An additional 30 lottery participants will each receive $ 50,000.
The winners of the raffle are to be announced on June 15th.
Those who have already been completely vaccinated automatically take part in the million-dollar lottery.
Anyone who decides to have a vaccination within the next few weeks can also benefit from the million-dollar opportunity.
The State of California is giving away $ 50 shopping vouchers as a reward.
The most populous US state with almost 40 million inhabitants is not alone with its lottery program.
Ohio, Maryland and New York had also previously created financial incentives with similar campaigns to get vaccinated against the corona virus.
Corona vaccinations in the USA: Especially many people who refused to vaccinate among Trump fans
So far, 132.8 million people in the USA have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (
as of May 27 / Source: Our World in Data
).
This corresponds to 39.7% of the total population.
Around half of all Americans (165.7 million, 49.6%) were given the first dose of corona vaccine.
Apparently, the supporters of ex-President Donald Trump are particularly skeptical about a corona vaccination.
According to a poll by Quinnipiac University in mid-April, around a quarter of US citizens refuse to be vaccinated.
The proportion of those who refused to vaccinate is therefore even higher among Republicans.
45 percent of them do not want to be vaccinated.
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