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TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts) Mon May 24, 2021, 07:49 PM May 2021

Legislation Seeks to Stop Ohio's Vax-A-Million Program With Drawing Just Days Away

Five Ohioans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are about to win $1 million through a new vaccine lottery program, but a Republican lawmaker wants to call the whole thing off.

State Rep. Jena Powell (R-Arcanum) is drafting legislation that would prevent the state from administering any vaccine lottery program.

Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have already signed up for the Vax-A-Million lottery, which will begin May 26 and include five weekly drawings of $1 million prizes. Participants must be at least 18 years old and have received at least their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

There is a separate lottery program for those between the ages of 12 and 17, with the teenage winners receiving a full-ride scholarship to any Ohio college or university.

Read more: https://www.citybeat.com/news/blog/21152548/legislation-seeks-to-stop-ohios-vaxamillion-program-with-drawing-just-days-away
(Cincinnati Citybeat)

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Legislation Seeks to Stop Ohio's Vax-A-Million Program With Drawing Just Days Away (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

Why should these assholes care? It's federal money Walleye May 2021 #1

I saw State Rep. Jena Powell (R-Arcanum) on CNN today: she's like a stupider Kelly Loeffler. CottonBear May 2021 #2

snort... Liberty U. graduate. She's doing the best she can. CurtEastPoint May 2021 #5

Well, that explains a lot! CottonBear May 2021 #6

Make sure the hundreds of thousands of entrants know loud and clear it was GOP that screwed them Midnight Writer May 2021 #3

Think about this...... OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #4

Walleye

(35,663 posts)

1. Why should these assholes care? It's federal money

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 07:55 PM

May 2021

CottonBear

(21,613 posts)

2. I saw State Rep. Jena Powell (R-Arcanum) on CNN today: she's like a stupider Kelly Loeffler.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 07:57 PM

May 2021

Good grief! She simply doesn’t want people to be vaccinated or for the state government to promote vaccination.

It was difficult to listen to her Trumpian drivel.

CurtEastPoint

(19,179 posts)

5. snort... Liberty U. graduate. She's doing the best she can.

Reply to CottonBear (Reply #2)

Mon May 24, 2021, 08:15 PM

May 2021

CottonBear

(21,613 posts)

6. Well, that explains a lot!

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #5)

Mon May 24, 2021, 09:25 PM

May 2021

Yikes! She’s scary.

Midnight Writer

(22,972 posts)

3. Make sure the hundreds of thousands of entrants know loud and clear it was GOP that screwed them

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 07:57 PM

May 2021

May be helpful to point out some big money breaks given to corporations, just for contrast. Maybe a stadium deal, something along those lines.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,361 posts)

4. Think about this......

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 08:00 PM

May 2021

(1) Program is giving away $1MM to get their their state economy up and going (Billions$)....and the more people who are vaccinated, the more successful this opening can be and continue to remain operating at pre-covid levels.

(2) She is discouraging the least likely people who need an economic incentive to motivate them....thus helping to keeping the virus active in her state.

The Empty Greene phenomenon in Republican controlled states amazes me....it's like they think they have a future if the US fails as a democracy.

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