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

[TexasTowelie]

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)

[Walleye]

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

[CottonBear]

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

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]

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

[CottonBear]

6. Well, that explains a lot!

Yikes! She’s scary.

[Midnight Writer]

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

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]

4. Think about this......

(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.