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 DeWine, a Republican, said five Ohio residents would win the money
in once-a-week drawings for adults who have received at least one
dose of the now-plentiful vaccines. The funds will come from federal
pandemic relief funds.
"I know that some may say, 'DeWine, you’re crazy! This
million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money,'" the
governor said on Twitter. "But truly, the real waste at this point
in the pandemic - when the vaccine is readily available to anyone
who wants it - is a life lost to COVID-19."
Roughly 117 million Americans, more than one-third of the U.S.
population, had been fully inoculated as of Wednesday, according to
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
The pace of vaccinations has slowed in recent weeks due to
ambivalence or skepticism about the medication and declining
infections. The number of Americans seeking vaccinations has dropped
by a third in recent weeks, according to the CDC.
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 New Jersey and Connecticut have
made deals with bars and brewpubs to offer a
free drink to the newly vaccinated. Maryland
state employees who get inoculated are offered
$100.
Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said
the Mets and Yankees baseball clubs would hand
out free tickets to fans who got inoculated at
their parks before games.
Many U.S. states were expected this week to
begin inoculating children aged 12 to 15 with
the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Inc and
BioNTech SE after a CDC panel approved the plan
earlier on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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