More and more people are skipping their vaccination appointment.
Others do not even register.
Many countries now want to use rewards to encourage people to get vaccinated.
Munich - people are tired of vaccinations and pandemics in many places.
In contrast to the coronavirus, which is anything but tired.
It mutates and continues to spread.
Experts rely on herd immunity to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic.
This community protection can be achieved with infection and / or vaccination.
When it comes to vaccination, things are currently rather slow.
To motivate people to vaccinate, more and more countries are using the reward principle.
A box of Girl Scout cookies like those in Indiana are sure to be delicious.
But not really spectacular.
The offer of a donut chain to give each vaccination card handler a donut of their choice is well-intentioned.
But do you want to roll up your sleeve?
Vaccination rewards: scholarships, prize money, cars, cows, or joints
Washington State offered a pretty interesting alternative to donuts and biscuits, according to
The Guardian
. Namely "Joints for Jabs", which loosely translated means something like "marijuana against vaccination bites". Ohio is giving away scholarships to vaccinated teenagers as part of the state lottery. As the
New York Times
writes, New York is also trying educational opportunities. For example, all 12 to 17 year old residents with at least one dose of Pfizer vaccine could win a full scholarship. Many US states also offer lotteries with prize money for vaccinated persons.
Not only the land of unlimited possibilities is vying for vaccinations.
Fully vaccinated Dubai residents get free entry to some of the best fitness centers in the emirate, the
Khaleej Times
reports
.
Cars are raffled off in Moscow, cows in one Filipino city, and rice bags in another, reports the
Thomson Reuters Foundation
.
The list goes on.
No reward campaigns are currently planned in Germany
In Germany, no large-scale reward campaigns are currently planned for those willing to be vaccinated. But in order to counteract the spread of the delta variant and to stimulate vaccination readiness, the Greens and the FDP are calling on the federal government to counteract this with more educational work and incentives. "In order to counteract the spread of the Delta variant, we have to advance the vaccination progress as quickly as possible," said the health policy spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group, Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus, the
editorial network Germany
.
She is in favor of reward systems to motivate other people. “For example, you can set incentives in the amusement park or natural history museum.” People who come by there to get vaccinations can use the leisure facilities on site for the rest of the day. The push to offer vaccinations in strange places could be an incentive as well as the appeal to protect yourself or others.