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The Ohio Department of Health also reported more than 25 million page views on Tuesday. Author: Hope Sloop Updated: 6:46 PM EDT May 18, 2021
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In less than 24 hours, the Ohio Vax-a-Million saw hundreds of thousands of entries and more than 25 million page views on the official opt-in website, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
Officials say that by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the ODH had received more than 60,000 calls from Ohioans looking to enter the special lottery for vaccinated individuals.
“This is a unique, innovative way to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, and we are pleased to see so much activity today,” said Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud. “In addition, we are seeing early indicators of increased uptake after the Vax-a-Million announcement last week, and will continue to monitor this moving
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Vax-a-Million is not the first time the governor has treated public health like a lottery ticket
Craig Calcaterra
Last week, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that Ohioans will be eligible to enter the Vax-a-Million lottery that will pay out $1 million each to five vaccinated adults. Vaccinated teenagers will get in on the fun, too, with five of them receiving full-ride scholarships to one of Ohio s public universities upon proof of jabbing. The drawings will take place over five successive weeks, with the first occurring on Wednesday, May 26, and registration for the lottery opened today (Tuesday, May 18).
The announcement was certainly attention-grabbing and, as a result, Ohio has been national news since the announcement of this scheme. But I think it s worth noting that this is not the first time Governor DeWine has asked us to treat matters of public health like a lottery ticket.
Number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations double in Ohio after state announced $1M lottery
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On the day it went live, Ohio’s Vax-a-Million website had nearly 25 million page views and hundreds of thousands entered their name to potentially win the lottery.
On May 12, about 12,913 people got vaccinated in one day. That number nearly doubled to 25,406 on May 14, just two days after the lottery was announced, according to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination dashboard.