The vaccine-hesitant may have their price. Hundreds of thousands of Ohio’s 11 million residents flooded the registration website and phone lines for the state’s Vax-a-Million program, which will award $1 million to five lucky vaccinated people who enter a lottery and give scholarships to winners under age 18.
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New York City Mayor de Blasio made an unusual appeal to his constituents to get vaccinated. In what felt like a bit of surrealist or absurdist performance art, Hizzoner greeted those who tuned into his virtual press conference on Thursday by eating a burger and fries on camera. One of the incentives the city is offering to get vaccinations is a gift card from Shake Shack, and de Blasio seemed to want to entice viewers by showing them what could be theirs with just one easy shot. “Mmmmm, vaccination,” de Blasio said as he took a bite, encouraging New Yorkers to associate the jab with a delicious burger. Not the traditional route, but he’s a term-limited mayor, why not get weird. Keep reading for the rest of this week’s news.
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