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Finally, another country, namely Romania, launched a Vaccination Lottery for the public. It is hoped that this will encourage people to participate in the Romanian government's vaccination program. The amount provided by the Romanian government is RON15,000,000 ($3.5m).

This is good news for people and this lottery also aims to encourage vaccination and each participant will have four chances of winning. In addition, the government also agreed to make regulations for people who are eligible to be vaccinated to receive a meal voucher worth RON100.

It seems that the Vaccination Lottery program can attract people to register so that the government's target in reducing the number of people infected with Covid-19 can succeed. Maybe after this, there will be other countries that will follow. What do you think about the launch of this Vaccination Lottery? Can it attract the other countries to follow what USA and Romania did? Is that be a good way to attract attention from people to have vaccination because that teach them to use lottery to make money which we know that lottery is part of gambling.

Source: https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13229/romania-joins-the-vaccination-lottery-race

if i come to remember it correct Romania is the 3rd country (That become viral) in which uses a Lottery to attract more people to get vaccinated .

Hope that Romania will get their target support and response from their people as this should be a mandatory if will allow by laws to totally stops this Virus from spreading and killing more and more people around the world.

This is an incentive program aimed to encourage people to get vaccinated against covid-19,

It is a reward program for people to volunteer while showing their prove of being vaccination and qualify for the lottery according to the health minister of Romania.


I see it isn't a bad idea to encourage people to get vaccinated , maybe more government may do same but definitely not countries that don't support gambling.

And there may be disadvantage for underage.

What I think is that the motivation to get vaccinated should be based on scientific reasons, not on the hope of winning the lottery, whose probability is approximately 0.

It will surely convince some undecided people, but those who were already convinced did not need to be convinced, and those who think that the vaccine is a poison that has been manufactured by aliens, that carries micro-chips, and that will kill people within three years, will not get vaccinated because they are given a lottery ticket.

Does this really encouraged people to take the vaccine?
I mean If you guys have any link of result reports about the Pfizer vaccine lottery (I forgot which country it was), and this one as well, kindly share it here.

If these vaccines can really makes us inmune to covid related viruses, then I guess having the dose of vaccine is more than enough than winning the lottery, because life/health is more valuable than money.
However, I won't blame the people anyway because there were conspiracy theories and even claims about the deaths after the vaccine.

It can attract other countries to follow but the question is, are people will really encourage especially with those strong stands that they don't want to be vaccinated.

The most effective way to force people to get a vaccine is to put restrictions on them. I consider it as "legit discrimination" in another form which I really don't like. Like here in our country, been in a Mall yesterday and all restaurants are asking for a Vaccination card with complete doses. They won't allow dine-in for not being fully vaccinated. Soon, all establishments will impose a restriction like that. People have no choice but to comply. Personally, I don't like to be vaccinated. It's just that all members of my family living in our household are already vaccinated and since we always travel, part of the requirements that needed to comply is a complete vaccine record replacing the requirement of negative results from the virus.

So this really had been the trend now? Having that lottery for people to get vaccinated? Im not really against with this idea but for sure it wont really be enough for people to get some vaccine shots.

Good for those who are interested to take a shot which they could really have also a chance to win up a lottery which it would really be sparking out or would be a good idea for some people.

I wont be surprised if there would be other countries which would be having that initiative on making their citizens to get vaccinated.

Here in our city, they offer such lotteries where you will get a Raffle Coupon when you get vax and have a chance to win hundreds of thousands of dollars. I think they want to attract citizens to get vaccinated as soon as possible and one thing to accelerate it, is to offer such a huge amount of money.


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I judge that the vaccine that is injected into the community is not based on covid-19 and their own awareness, there are other elements that want the vaccine to be consumed within a certain period of time.

Romania, a country with a low currency compared to other world countries, alternative lottery to attract people to be vaccinated, the government played a drama for certain interests in the Lottery, vouchers worth RON100 were never received by people who took part in the vaccination Lottery competition.

Lack of understanding about vaccination and covid-19, made the Romanian government turn around so that its people must be vaccinated, all actions and the main brain of china. (https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/04/chinas-dangerous-game-around-covid-19-vaccines)

Romania is not a Third world country, They are located on Europe and they have a good GDP compared to the real 3rd world country outside EU. They are just poor and weak compared to other country inside EU but they are still rich compared outside EU. This kind of lottery system just to get people vaccinated is proof that they have enough money for there citizen safety, Here in our country which is the real third world country, We have limited supply of vaccine and vaccination has a priority list before  normal can get it especially on poor municipality.

If I'm not mistaken mate I think you are referring to Poland which offers their constituents a lottery with a 1million zlotys ($273000) prize awaits to encourage their people to get a shot of vaccine. I think there's nothing wrong by applying this kind of strategy that the government think best reward for the people whoever wanted to get a dose of vaccine but we don't know if this kind of strategy really effective. I mean each and every country has their specific strategy to attract people to get vaccinated since more people are afraid to get vaccinated because of the death claims after getting a dose.

Well, I must say, the majority of the people would rather have money slapped on their face really, rather than science. It's a nice incentive anyhows, nothing really wrong with them doing something like that, even if people don't believe on the reasoning behind the vaccine, at the very least, there's something else that can push them to vaccinate. And I'd say it's higher than 0 mate, else lotteries wouldn't even exist since no one actually wins.
Hey if it works, it works. Especially since most countries are opening up now, people really need to get vaccinated for most stuff to return to normal properly.

That's not good you don't scam your people just like that if you cannot deliver then don't promise the administration that promises that will eventually lose in the election, the government should just encourage vaccination through information disseminate, not scamming them here in our country we don't resort to that majority of the people wants to be vaccinated as soon as possible, only the scarcity of the vaccine will not let them.

It is maybe their government's concern, so the lottery programs are one thing that they think can succeeding the vaccinated their people. If people are attracted to follow the vaccination and almost all people want to be vaccinated, at least the government vaccination program can succeed.

As literacy rate got nothing do with willingness to go forward for covid vaccination, government are coming up with such idea to make people covid vaccinated. Even in my country, social activity groups have announced assured gifts for getting vaccinated. But, lottery with prize money in millions for covid vaccination must be something more interesting to watch.

Most governments are operating casino or at least lotteries for revenue generations hence it is being a gambling or not is complete out of contest. This way, lottery gambling is helping government to fight against covid through vaccination hence we should welcome when more countries will be copying this idea.

The people of Romania are lucky to have a government that rewards them for getting vaccinated, not all countries can do that especially in a third world country where everybody wants to take a vaccine but they cannot because of the limited supply, there's a big discrepancy between the rich and poor country, the rich countries are on their booster shot which is the third shot but in a third world many do not even have their first dose.

So far it isnt really still available on our country where there's some lottery benefits on where citizens could have when they do took some vaccine.Just like on what others been saying that
this is really some sort of good initiative or step from the government which some people do see it to be a desperate move but we know that this is really just a good way
on making people interested on getting vaccinated despite of the doubts that they have but same as mentioned above that i doubt that it would really be effective.

I think that actually it's not the lottery that may "inspire" more people get the vaccine in Romania.
One additional "detail" is that those getting the vaccine in these last months of 2021 will also receive 100 RON (~20 EUR) tickets they can use in supermarkets (in theory, for food).
The hugely rising numbers of infected people filling all the news also did their part.

The number of newly vaccinated is rising from lows under 5000/day in August to 15-20000 (and rising) lately.

as far as i understand ? He means third country in because there are 2 other countries that do this lottery to lure people to take the vaccine  and not because they are a third world country .
How good to offer this , in some countries specially in Asian countries in which giving groceries but this gives them tickets to choose what they want to buy in groceries .

This will attract people to get vacinated faster, some people that are not vaccinated can latter decide to get vaccinated if many of their people like families and friends have vacinatted, the average and people that are not having money especially those not having enough will not think about this twice and go for it and taking it can encourage others.

With what I have read on the thread also, there is a reply that people that are vacinatted are given 100 RON (~20 EUR), this is a very good move by the Romania government, but most other countries will not follow this than to just encourage their citizens to take the vaccine.

The target of Romania was absolutely good but my question is that why lottery? because, isn't that some of the people who will participated in it will do that only because of the lottery not for the government's vaccination program, just a thought only. Not saying I am against with their objective. Just asking and wanna know the truth.

Several countries are doing the same thing and attracting their citizens to participate in the Covid-19 vaccination, and in the country where I live there are various ways in some areas to get their citizens interested in being vaccinated and the lure of getting doofrize, money, basic necessities and so on.
and the way this initiative works is very effective because it can attract those who are afraid and don't want to be vaccinated for some reason change their mind, and whatever the reason is because of gifts or money, the important thing is that they are vaccinated for their health and to return to normal life.

Since most of the non-vaccinated seem to be now in the rural areas, with lower income, this is quite something.
And yes, it's nice that they can buy almost anything from that money (I know that alcohol and tobacco are not allowed, but that should not be a big issue).

The problem with vaccination is that lots of fake information are being spread all around the media which creates a bias among these anti-vaxxers. Though calling them 'stupid' is far fetched, the right term for them is that they are badly 'misinformed' about the efficacy and effectivity of vaccines.

Since the government cannot compel its citizens to get vaccinated, it may, however, and in the interest of the general welfare, provide incentives for people who are vaccinated. In addition, the government can also impose strict mandates that relatively limit the movement of people who are unvaccinated that would somehow compel the latter to get vaccinated.

This is one of those news that the government provides incentive for people who are vaccinated and I hope countries would pattern this example out.

Rich countries or first world countries that can avail of vaccines first can do that kind of lottery but not for poor countries where people are dying because they cannot get vaccinated because of the priority list, there are people dying because they are unvaccinated and they are coming from poor countries, rich countries are on their second or third dose but in a poor country majority are still lining up.

It's a good strategy to encourage people to get vaccinated. That's a huge amount of prize and it isn't a joke so I'm sure that lots of Romanian citizens would get hooked on it. I hope that our country would also do the same or at least provide enough vaccines for us so we could control the never-ending cases of covid cases here.

For people who dont have much, this is a good offer already because they will get something in return. Thus, the idea of having a chance to win in lottery can really encourage the citizen to get vaccinated.

We know some people are still hesitant to get themselves vaccinated because of their worries on side effects that might occur and the fear of how safe it is. But the government of Romania is doing what they can to encourage their citizen. This is the answer to change their mind and comply because its for their own safety while having an incentives for doing it.

I think if our country will do the same, many people might bite the offer, but I doubt they will come up with this kind of idea.

I only wish those people who win the lottery can receive the money as its promise. It should attract attention from people to vaccinated without thinking about the lottery because that will be for their health and prevent the virus. If they win, that will be good because they can fill their needs with that money. If that lottery is like a coupon to buy food in grocery stores, they do not have to spend their own money instead of using that coupon.

LOL.. It was the state of Ohio in the US that first came up with the idea of vaccine lottery. It was wildly successful and distributed a top prize of $1 million each to the five winners. Five others (between 16 and 18 years of age) received college scholarships as prizes. And although in Ohio the proposal came from the Republican governor, many of the Democrat ruled states also came up with similar measures later. And then it was Poland which came up with the vaccine lottery (probably the first country in the European Union). And now it is Romania.

This idea of incentivizing vaccinations is way better than going against anti-vaxxers and only riling them up more against yourself and what you stand for. This is clearly the better choice in dealing with the crowd. I do however wonder how much of an effect such a promotional campaign might have in other countries, especially in richer countries in Europe.

this is a very sad reality, people must go vaccinate with the awareness that they are being vaccinated to save their lives, the government does not need to buy them with lottery to be vaccinated, this just shows a great lack of brain of people who to be vaccinated need to be purchased with lottery tickets. I don't see this movement as a good thing, on the contrary, it just shows the lack of responsibility of people who do not want to be vaccinated and need to buy them with lottery tickets

In my country (Russia), similar lotteries were also held, but not at the federal level, but at the city level. Although now I googled and found federal programs (https://tass.ru/obschestvo/12405431) - literally on September 15, the first 500 winners of 100 thousand rubles each (about $ 1400) were identified.
My attitude to such events is sharply negative - after all the pressure and attempts to discriminate against unvaccinated people, these actions look like an attempt to lure the victim into a trap.

If the country I currently reside in will launch a vaccination Lottery for the public just like Romania and Poland, there are folks who wouldn't mind getting their whole clan to the vaccination center to increase their odds of winning the lottery. Damn, things are not easy for both the middle class and lower class folks with the ever rising food prices with no food subsidy, ever worsening security challenges and the obvious apathy from the government. Money is a great motivator, no doubt. Kudos to Romania and Poland. However, I would like to know how Poland has fared so far since the launch of their vaccination Lottery.

Although i am not in favor of lottery system but as long as people are encouraged to get vaccinated, it is ok to give them hope to earn via lottery.
Apart from this, awareness session should be given on media and people must be told the benefits of getting vaccinated.

Why would it encourage people? To me it is quite lame. Even mathematically it is quite stupid. Why don't they just 35000 people $100 instead? This way they could have helped more people. Now there will be only one lucky guy and that's if they don't cheat.

If more than 35k people participate in this scam, it is even worse like shooting yourself in the foot for <$100.

I'm definitely not against vaccine promotion, however, I'm not sure if that's the right way. Instead, there should be a campaign presenting its health benefits, not only as an individual, but also as a community, a high vaccination percentage means less cases, less deaths and in the end, less austerity measures.

This lottery is consisted of 1139 prizes, some are weekly draws, some monthly etc, providing each participant 4 winning chances. Doesn't sound much of a great deal to me.

Something similar also occurred in Greece, young people aged from 18-24 were given a prepaid card with 150€ in balance, only to be used for the tourism sector. With or without incentives, I was vaccinated, not because I wanted the prepaid card, but because it's what's required for this pandemic to end.

Can you blame the people about this?
People have now seen that doing certain things is to do favour to government for them to embezzle money and see means to hide the money lying with expenses done with covid-19. There is no trust  in government anymore because of bad history created in government so that has led to untrust in the systems. There are many stories about covid-19 and vaccine so people are still doubting things around covid-19 that makes for government to introduce lottery but it is funny though. Where trust is lost, is hard to regain it.

Focusing more on informational drive to bring deeper knowledge into the people, though if the government seen that by doing this kind of promotions, more people will have good interest. We can deny that fact that people are very lost right now. Most are at the point that they will do everything just to survive. Lottery may give them some hope and, aside from protecting themselves from the virus, the chance also to win for a good amount of money will bring them closer to being vaccinated.

I don't agree but if this the way where more people will entertain the vaccination, so why not give the government the chance? They will do everything to have their people being vaccinated and to lower the chance of spreading the virus.

I definitely get it that it's not done for a malicious purpose. It's done in an effort to increase vaccinations and avoid further lockdowns, which have detrimental effects in both the community and economy of the country. I believe that there were better methods in promoting vaccinations, but whatever floats their boat.

Another measure that was taken here was mandatory weekly rapid or PCR tests for all working individuals who are unvaccinated. These must be paid by their own pocket as well. Quite a lot of people rushed to get vaccinated because they weren't willing to pay for weekly testing.

Social media are full of fake news, and educating people might take more time so the government have to think for a faster way and an effective way to encourage people from getting their vaccines, and I see this kind of promotion as a good one. Vaccine is not just for ourselves but also for people around us, get your vaccine now and have a chance to win some of the prizes. :)

To be honest, I am not fully vaccinated yet because I am afraid of the brand of the vaccine that is currently available.
Is there any brand of the vaccine mentioned by the article of what it is? I am looking for a Pfizer brand which is I have heard and based on my research this vaccine has a good result other which is this vaccine is rare for now. However, this is a great opportunity that is given to others and the prize was really having an effect on the price.

I am okay with this promotion as some people may be encouraged to take their shot. But should not be given to only one person, if they can distribute their high prize to several people. At least the beneficiaries of this money is not only benefited by one single person but it can help more people. But anyway, it really depends on their government's program when it comes to this initiative. They know their people better so hopefully they can design an effective program that will accomplish their targets.

I do not know the details of this particular lottery at Romania but past lotteries that had the purpose to increase the number of people vaccinated have given scholarships to those that are underage as well, which is great for them as most of the time you do not want to give so much money to someone so young and at the same time they do not feel as if they are being left out by the government when they do something like this.

Well lucky for them, --even though there is no prize on having a shot in vaccine I will still want to be vaccinated.
I saw a thread before here that there is a country that has a prize for those who had vaccinated, it is a good program to motivate their people to be vaccinated and as we saw, there are already millions of people that have been vaccinated already, so there is nothing to worry.
Here is my place, there is a province that has a vaccination lottery too, but the prize is a big cow that could be used by them for any purpose.

The prize offered is quite large, of course, the vaccination there will hit the target

in my country, there is no need to make lottery prizes like this to get a lot of people vaccinated, it is enough to limit the movement of those who do not receive vaccinations and the majority are already very afraid of not being vaccinated

I hope the world returns to normal and the fear of covid disappears

There's lottery or not i would really still get to be vaccinated because this isnt only talking about money but rather your safety or protection against the virus even though it isnt really that 100% effective but at least

you had considered out on getting one without any conditions but its good to see that there are countries that do offer lottery chances for those who do take a shot which they could really have the chance on

hitting up millions if ever they are extremely lucky.

The lottery is a good incentive for those who want to be vaccinated but the government should focus more on educating their people on the danger of CoVid and the need to be vaccinated, even if you are vaccinated you could still get a CoVid but it will help you fight the virus and you have a good chance to survive than when you are not vaccinated, people should learn how to fight this virus because sad to say it will be part now of our lives because it keeps mutating.

The government of any country has always been vocal about the benefits of getting a vaccine. The problem is, people are still hesitant despite those good reasons. That's why lots of attempts were made to convince them to the point that even involving a chance to join a lottery. A good move but there are "better" perks that people can benefit from for a long.


There's no mention in the article but I think brand is not necessary as long as people there will be vaccinated. Regardless of the brand, as long as done with complete dose, are all eligible in the lottery.

Results vary per person's health. It was subjective. We can't really talk about "comparisons" here between brands.

Any form of encouragement is the right way. It's impossible that the government is not presenting a campaign showing benefits why everyone needs to be vaccinated. It was always posted on social media, health websites, and some advertisements. The campaign drive showing those benefits is not effectively leading the government to think of a way and a lottery is one of them.


Why the offer should be a great deal? You have mentioned with or without incentives, you are vaccinated and that should always be the case.

Yes I think this kind of games are a really strong incentive to vaccinate people. The game theory teaches us that people like to do things that can bring profits to them.

Was it Poland that did this after the USA? The governments are using everything that they can to incentivize and attract people to get vaccinated so that they can turn back to their old lives.
There will be for sure another country that will start to like this vaccination drive that has a lottery ticket after getting the shot. It's a chance and as well being protected from the virus.
It's a way to encourage their people that all of them has to be vaccinated but not everyone will take it.

I think it was Poland although I am not sure on USA that they also have one, can't remember US having one but I am sure about Poland having one. This method of vaccination promotion is such a cheap but at the same time a brilliant idea given how it's attractive towards the population that's needing the vaccinations the most.

With so many people dying from COVID-19, I believe all countries are educating their citizens about the benefits of vaccines. Because the only best
way right now to prevent the spread of the virus, it must be done with a vaccine. But the problem is that there are also a lot of misleading news spread,
which says the harmful side effects on the body after the vaccine in the long term. This is what finally makes some people are affected and choose to
refuse vaccination. Therefore, the government is doing various ways to convince the population to want to be vaccinated. One of them is giving lottery
tickets to people who are willing to be vaccinated, and this has proven to be quite successful in increasing the enthusiasm of the community to want
to be vaccinated. This means that efforts to give lottery tickets should be made by other countries that have not done so.

IIRC, in some of the states, not actually the whole USA that has put that incentive but in a few states. Although there's a $100 incentive for those that will take the vaccine all over the US, CMIIW.
And for the other states, like California, they've offered also a lottery for the vaccinated people and you can search for the rest of the states that did the same.
(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/27/california-covid-19-vaccine-lottery)

Thanks for the reminder, so there's really some lotteries in some US states that did a free lottery for those vaccinated population, what I don't know is that they have 100 USD incentive if they vaccinated themselves.

This has become widespread. It might be effective to a certain extent. But it would be best to actually educate people on the health benefits of vaccines rather than on the possibility of winning a lottery. It is best if people are getting vaccinated because in doing so they are making themselves immune from the virus and removes the possibility of becoming a carrier of the virus and possibly getting others infected. This might become a precedent that if the state wants something from the people, a reward system has to be used.  

For the government, it makes sense. Given the inflated healthcare costs in the United States, it is better to give out $100 to those who vaccinate, rather than spending $200,000 or $300,000 on someone who gets admitted to the ICU as a result of COVID. For the alcoholics and junkies, this amount is enough to fund a week of their habit. Don't think that anyone else will bother about it in the United States. But this amount is like the average monthly salary where I live. Here if there is such an offer from the government, then you will find half the population queued up outside the vaccination center.

And how do you know the result isn't rigged? People who resist vaccine don't trust the government, and they won't trust the result is going to be fair. :D
I just hope that the government won't get butthurt by how little this lottery affects people's decision, and then start door-to-door forced vaccination.

Vaccination lotteries are an insult to people's intelligence.
Do they think that the people are retards?No lottery can incentivize me to vaccinate.I will vaccinate when I'm sure that the vaccines are effective and there's a real threat for my health due to the coronavirus.
Perhaps the lottery gambling addicts will have to vaccinate multiple times,in order to get multiple "tickets" for that lottery.This is ridiculous.


I agree.The people don't trust the government and the healthcare system.Diving them "small candies" won't help.However,I don't think that forced vaccination will start,at least not in my country.

I'd never see this that could encourage people to get vaccinated as not all are gamblers in the 1st place. What I think about this strategy is one way of making their people stupid, they just want their people to get involved in gambling.
5million in exchange for life? Nha, I'd rather have to stay at home playing online games, that I was safe. People are willing to get vaccinated without any incentives program if they know that they are secure with the vaccine but that is not what they think and hear.

Afaik the raffle is held by the national lottery and many trust it's not rigged.
But.. I'm not part of that group  ;D

That's why I said that the 100 RON vouchers are more helpful for the actual people. The lottery is just a bonus; it has the potential to help as publicity though, but, again, they could have hired some public figures for that much cheaper.

For low-level class, that lottery really tempts them to go to vaccination as they can get money from the vaccine as a lottery and if that is not in the money form, they can get it in the coupon form so they can exchange it for food. We never know what they will think about those programs, but the government gives lottery as the incentive to attract their people to be vaccinated. Maybe some people still do not want to be vaccinated because they do not think much about the virus.

the credibility of Lottery worldwide is being questioned long time ago as people still believe that the government is controlling whom to win since the winners are not willing to unfold themselves so it can be fakes in many ways.
or they can easily say that there are 5 winners in jackpot but the truth is only one true winner but the other 4 is dummy to sliced the wins.
so there is a possibilities that this is being rigger.

Those people who do not trust the government are not the target audience for such actions. They are trying to lure those who are hesitant or just lazy to get vaccinated. Based on the example of my country, I can say that the effect of such actions is about zero, and maybe even negative - all people understand that free cheese is only in a mousetrap.

It's crazy that this sort of thing is needed. Will it target the right people, who knows? It's difficult to understand how an anti-vaxxer thinks... but from spending time in vaccine threads on the P&S board, all of their arguments appear to be based on faith rather than logic... and this is the same sort of mindset as believing you'll win a lottery despite it being statistically very unlikely, so maybe this will work.

Probably one of the most accurate responses. I entirely agree with you, providing such incentives now that the economy is going through a hard time is possibly one of the fastest way to attract new people to vaccinations. As I mentioned before, in Greece, young people aged from 18-24 were given a prepaid card which could be used for travelling, right when this measure was announced, the scheduled vaccinations skyrocketed for that specific target group.

Well this makes a lot more sense than using the lottery to attract people to vaccines. Absolutely no proper relationship. Honestly, scientific studies are more accurate, this is not a place to gamble and get prizes from the lottery after being vaccinated.
It's a hospital business tactic so people can spend their lives just to get lottery tickets. Win or lose, you're still vaccinated, isn't that the goal of the Romanian government?

This too.

If they really wanted to help people, they would give everybody a fixed amount of money instead. I made the calculation in my other post.


If they were giving $100 to every person, their prize would only be enough for 35000 people. Now they can scam much more many people instead and there will be only one winner and that's if they are honest.

Scam.

A little carrot and stick method won't hurt, I mean if it does the job, we have no questions about it right and I think that it's effective since it's making people encouraged to get vaccinated and given how a lot of people loves lottery, who would refuse a free ticket just for some doses.

Personally, I think it's a good move by the government; people will do anything for money, especially those who don't trust vaccinations. Of course, if they're desperate for the money, they'll try their luck. They should also be aware that vaccination can assist to reduce the number of active COVID cases in the country. It's a win-win situation for both the government and the public; it's difficult to wear a face mask every day, and I, for one, wish to return to a normal state when I could move freely without one. I hope our government do the same, that urges the citizen to get vaccinated right now.

Before I'm happy there's a perks like that but slowly as time passes by, I don't see that now as interesting one. It's hard to win in a lottery so giving them a chance to win doesn't have any impact.

They could just turned the winning amount for a fixed reward once a person got vaccinated. Or give them perks like discounts to all products and services. In that way, there's a reason for those who don't want to be vaccinated to have a shot as not just they will have a defense against the virus but also will give them benefits in their daily lives. That lottery is a joke. Only few winners out from million people.

They do and it's for many states and these incentives are scattered not just on their country but others are also doing it. Because of one particular reason, many don't want to take the vaccine because of misinformation and there goes the incentivization and adding some prizes for everyone to get vaccinated. If most countries can do this, we will have to see the world again going back in what we've used to live before but a lot of problems are still there because supplies are in rich countries.

I think this will really makes people think about getting vaccinated. Well here in our country I haven't this here since we only get discounts in gasoline and also in foods. There are a lot of people encouraging those people that don't want to be vaccinated to be vaccinated one by giving them foods and also raffles i think i heard some doing raffles but it is just small amount , it is their strategy so that they could convince those people to get vaccinated.

going to all citizens door to door and then requiring them to be vaccinated i think it's much more effective than pulling them with the lottery.  here we are not allowed to go to hospitals, travel or come to government offices if we are not vaccinated and show a vaccine card, that is enough to make us all want to be vaccinated.

The problem with vaccination revolves around the people and the media spreading misinformed news about it. Unfortunately, these people already have their biases towards vaccination and this fuels the fire more when they see people spreading fake information about it.

The government is trying their best to limit the movement of unvaccinated people by giving incentives to the vaccinated. In a way, this kinda forces these unvaccinated people to get vaccinated due to the rewards that they will be receiving once they got shot.

The more government insist having everyone vaccinated , the more the people were trying not to be one. If were not yet ready to get vaccinated atleast we should be careful on what to do. It’s nice that many involve Vaccine in every activity one can do, it's like access to everything we  use to have before. But there should be a limit in using it like in gambling as people mighsomething they can have  The market will need

One factor is those negative news or misinformed news that keep spreading regarding to the available vaccines, the government is indeed trying their best to get everyone and have much lesser chance of spreading the virus, with this lottery some unvaccinated might try their luck and participated in hope that they will win and have a chance not just to move freely but also to win huge amount of money.

We can't go back to our normal ways of living without being vaccinated, just my own cents. This virus will stay and we need to do our part to prevent suffering from this covid virus.

It is always nice to see these get launched, as it is obvious to see that countries with the highest vaccination rates are returning back to some semblance of normality as quickly as possible. There will be people who will take it straight away, people who would never take it and people who are on the fence that might go for it given little extra incentives - that is the group that such rewards will be good at targeting. However it makes more sense to offer fewer prizes (e.g. 7 x 500,000) which are drawn every month or two, then heavily advertised as a winning payout. It would still be a life changing amount and spreading the news over time will have a much better effect.

LOL I didn't think about that but you're right mu_enrico most unvaccinated people don't trust their government then how they could trust this kind of game? They'll just think it's another trick to fool them and they won't want to play with their health.

Sooner or later they would really be ending up with that kind of desperation where government would really force up door to door vaccination but i dont really believe that it would be still enough
on forcing those people who dont like to get some shots.Its true that they are really believing that they could fool out people to get some vaccine just because of lottery?

Thinking off with the odds and the things offered wont really be just enough yet they are really thinking off mainly on their health which i dont see
for this to be that much effective kind of way on luring in people.

Better than nothing indeed. What's the status now? Are more people willing now to undergo vaccine because of that lottery?  I don't see it will encourage more people. It's difficult to win in a lottery. Maybe if its a sure cash incentive, lots of people will be willing to do vaccination lol. Lots of things are now being offered to encourage people. Slowly by surely, everyone in the world will now be fully vaccinated, with or without incentives or any rewards.

Being practical? that will work if instead of lottery giving cash incentives or a grocery package may bring people's interest.

I'm not against with this act since government might try how Pfizer tries this one and bring people to vaccines facilities, but you
are right. Lottery is something that not appealing much, it's hard to win.

Maybe after this trial and nothing much impact that happened they will change strategy, just maybe though ::)

You talking normally about how exorbitant the prices are for healthcare in the US makes me so sad because they really make it a business and not a hospital that cares indiscriminately. Well, the amount is relative, in your country it's bigger since there's a rate of exchange between dollar and your currency but in there, it's probably not a lot of money.

I wish we have this one nationwide, there are place here that does this but not in major cities and big provinces, people really want to get vaccinated they go the vaccination area where there is an announcement of walk-in very early in the morning hours before the opening of the vaccination centers, some who are on the priority are having a hard time getting a slot, this lottery can only happen in rich countries, where there are to much supply of vaccines but people getting a vaccine, but in a third world all people want is to get a vaccine.

Making a raffle or lottery and or any prize for vaccination I don't think it looks good although indeed, it will have a good impact on public awareness about the importance of vaccination. But apart from that, actually I still often find that viruses, pandemics and even vaccinations for some people out there think that it's just a game, and I can't accept that. That way, when there is a prize or lottery given for vaccination it reflects like a form of bribe that doesn't look good, because if people realize how important vaccination is then at least they will move on their own to get vaccinated and not because of the chance to get the lottery because then state spending will get bigger and can have a bad impact as well.

The government can use many methods to convince its people to be vaccinated. A lottery, discount, or coupon is something that their people need to survive this pandemic. If you live in a country that uses that method to give incentives to its people, you are lucky because you can get something for free. But today, vaccinated will be a precondition to access or go to the public place, limiting people access in their city if they are not yet vaccinated.

I mean they are the number 3 country that conduct lottery just to lure people to get vaccinated , as the first and second has been posted here in forum also though i cannot dig it more.
Actually countries that having this is not only showing they have funds (Because Lottery can be rigged we knew that already)instead they are desperate to have more vaccinated because of they need to return living in normal again.

Vaccines are not 100% effective in terms of not getting infected, but it can give you enough strength to fight the virus and its very rare for you to have a severe case.

This is not a bride but a way to encourage more people, though this may be not look good but the government have no more choice since they can't really force everyone to get the vaccine, they are now playing with the emotion of people which I think is fine as long as its purpose is for the protection of everyone.

Well, we all have belief and lucky to those who will win on this lottery he will be safe with a lots of money for sure.

We can't deny that if there were incentives, very obvious ones, that were given to people when they are vaccinated, a lot more would be vaccinated now. However, the mindset of people is pretty much how "If it doesn't affect me, it doesn't exist" kind of thing, hence the current situation we have. Tbh, if bribery was the way for people to actually get vaccinated? I'd push for it, just because the current system we have right now shouldn't last any longer than it already has. It has pretty much produced permanent damage and would take a long time for it to be fixed/healed, and if people don't actively try to return it to what it was, then I might as well bribe them with obvious benefits.

As long as there is no cure for the corona virus, the best way is through vaccination, it is true that there is no guarantee that it will be 100% effective.
But people who have been vaccinated are less likely to catch the virus than people who have not been vaccinated. The problem is that there are
still many people who still think vaccines have dangerous side effects and they are looking for it to be safe not to be vaccinated. And
the government cannot force the entire population to vaccinate, so it needs a solution other than providing education. One of them is by offering
lottery tickets, because sometimes people are more easily influenced if they offer a certain amount of money. Then from several articles that I read,
it is indeed quite effective in increasing the number of people who want to be vaccinated, for countries that have made lottery offers for those who
want to receive vaccines. Then there may be a negative impact that arises, but as long as it has a greater benefit why not do it.

That is the benefits of people who wanted to Join the government in their goals, all the advantage will come your way like discounts or even extra funds who some country is giving like in my country .
when we have already received at least 600$ for the affected of the lockdown and also tons of foods for the span of almost 2 years now.
thanks to the government and they never let people down in this Fight for life.

This is a good strategy to reduce the chances of people been infected with the disease, with the lottery and food voucher as side attraction many will willingly get vaccinated and some will decide to try their luck with the vaccination lottery which will be an avenue to get them vaccinated. This is a smart approach to capture both the willing and stubborn citizens

if im correct ,
there are countries before the u.s that conducts the same contest and after them other countries are now following so yes this can attract more countries of doing the same because its kinda effective for people to get vaccinated .
this doesnt involved money and the prize are exciting and after doing this ,
they may not become an addict gambler so its fine dont worry .

If we were to decide? we wanted all the people around the world to be vaccinated so this Infection will totally gone and the world will finally goes back to the normal living we have 2 years ago.

But of course people has their own views and beliefs in every matter , and this will give different decisions in such .

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Hope this will help Romania to spread the idea of vaccination and will bring them safety living .

I believe that it is a state in US that first  brings this Lottery Promo for those who have been vaccinated to let have a chance to win .
and there are another countries that follows before this Romania .
but lets look only in the bright side and that is the concern of the government for their people to keep safe and the death toll stops from there.

I am a bit surprised because I did not know that Romania had such a need at all. I guess the government is just trying to get peoples attention with the price and the lottery, what I am not so sure is that this is the right kind of attention. People that are not taking the vaccine are not going to be persuaded just by a price, since they normally think their life is at risk. I guess it is just a marketing op.

Given the huge number of side effects from this vaccine, plus the fact that these vaccines have not yet stood the test of time and the full cycle of safety checks, this lottery looks immoral to me. This is a risky decision and I don't think there should be any incentives like gingerbread. And I don't like the idea of wasting taxpayers' money on such nonsense.

Side effect is normal after you take a jab since it means that your body is reacting to the vaccine given to your body, also below are the following test they made before they conclude that the existing approve vaccines are really effective.

This is for JNJ

 5 stages go thru by Johnson and Johnson before they conclude that this vaccine is effective   (https://www.jnj.com/innovation/the-5-stages-of-covid-19-vaccine-development-what-you-need-to-know-about-how-a-clinical-trial-works)

For Sinovac

 Sinovac go to phase 3 of test before they announce that this is effective   (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/test-approve.html)

For Pfizer

 This is the test they made for Pfizer   (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-works-well-big-real-world-test-n1258790)

Also this

 This article you can see the vaccine testing and approval process   (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/test-approve.html)

Source: Google

Other information about the other vaccine which I didn't list is available to be search I don't have much time to dig up more information about them  :D.

 ;D What do you think about such side effects as death? Is this normal or not? Of course, you can find an explanation for each case like "allergic reaction", etc. but the fact remains - before the vaccine, the person was alive and then died. In addition, there are many cases of side effects that are less tragic but also serious, but you answered as if we were talking about the standard "increased temperature for a couple of days."

I think the government will not stop helping people, especially in this pandemic as they want to see their people can still survive and know that the government concern with them. Maybe people need to realize that that help will benefit them, at least for their family, because every person's condition will not be the same. Maybe people think that the vaccine can not fully work to prevent the virus but at least that can help them build a new antibody for their body to prevent the mutation of the virus.

It seems a interesting news.The people from Romania was a lucky people.Because it was good initiative.No government of any country take the initiative like this. It's good move from them. By this people will vaccination for sure.Atleast for the lottery, the people do vaccination.So all the country in the world, should take this as example and do some good move for vaccination.

No, I don't agree. There must be a better plan than just letting people decide how lucky they are joining a lottery for vaccination.
Yes, it's a win win situation but there will always be the pessimistic guy just like me who have never won a lottery in my entire existence. It's a very low chance to win it so why the hell should I pursue to be vaccinated just for one ticket out of millions or worse, billions.
It might look good for those who are relying to this kind of gamble but for an average Joe with an average income it won't bite.

As practice shows, lotteries conducted to increase the level of vaccination of the population work much better than clinical trial reports, scientific articles and propaganda conducted by the authorities. And this practice is carried out in many countries, for example in my country in one of the regions raffled off apartments. In my opinion this shows that most people do not have sufficient income and decide to be vaccinated only because of the opportunity to improve their standard of living. 

I wont consider out that its a win-win decision because knowing the odds of winning then i wont really be consider it to be an advantage and also with vaccine i dont consider it to be a win yet we know the risk
and efficacy isnt 100% so i cant really say that those things are considerable.

Well, this is a good opportunity for those who are interested but i dont see that it would really be that a worthy thing for you to exchange up your health just for a lottery chance.For sure other people
would really be having this kind of impression.

It's quite sad that people are getting lured into getting the vaccine with monetary prizes. It's also crazy to think that in the age where information and data can easily be accessible, there are still lots of people not believing in the science of vaccination, that there still needs to be some sort of catalyst for them to consider getting the shot. Good for Romania if their population actually signed up for the lottery and take the vaccination. Almost all of the will surely not win the lottery, but at the least they will inoculate a good portion of the population to protect them from further COVID case spikes.

that's next level game theory
since people are more worried about money than about their health you simply give them a monetary incentive to take the vax

it would totally work in Brazil, but maybe the politicians here are just too greedy to implement it

I think that this kind of thing or event in the end is not so good, why? I am one of those who think that something so good is not given much, then, a government program, where they encourage through a raffle or contest, among the vaccinated people, I don't know, it sounds more and more like something suspicious to me, that "concern" to preserve Non-Propagation, something about "taking care of ourselves", I am very suspicious, and I think that everything that comes from governments is not something that is 100% good.

They are using the benefits of the game to attract more people and make them participate with these types of events, and then the system contradicts itself, well of course I agree with you that the medical system in the USA is very expensive, and that all those facilities now, doesn't it turn out to be something strange?

It seems like that, and I think this marketing will have an impact with increasing interest from the community, especially at this time. and maybe it will be successful.
not without reason because nowadays there are so many problems that result from viruses and vaccines, and even many people who openly reject this even if only a small part but at least it creates a new turmoil.
in this way it might be hoped that people will be more interested and I think at least with what romania is doing it will add a little bit of interest in the community especially in vaccines