Another Vaccination Lottery

[NeuroticFish]

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.
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.

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

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.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

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.

[bitterguy28]

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.
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.

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.

[KTChampions]

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.
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.

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.

[Cnut237]

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).
[...] What do you think about the launch of this Vaccination Lottery?

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.

[Ultegra134]

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.

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.

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.

[Sterbens]

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.

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?

[mindrust]

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

[zanezane]

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.

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.

[finaleshot2016]

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

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.

[agustina2]

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

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.

[blockman]

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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.

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.

[xSkylarx]

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.

[macson]

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.
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.

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.

[qwertyup23]

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.

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.

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.

[dimonstration]

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.

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

[Fredomago]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[Fortify]

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

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.

[Saint-loup]

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.
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.

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.

[dunfida]

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.
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.

LOL I didn't think about that but you're right mu_enrico most people unvaccinated 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.