22-year-old girl won ‘green stick’ for being vaccinated against Covid | the Chronicle

When the governor of Ohio phone Bugenske Abbey to warn him that he had won a million dollars, she thought it was a joke. But the price is real, is part of the lottery “Vax-A-Million“ organized by the US state during the vaccination campaign.

At the beginning of the month, the governor Mike DeWine announced the raffle, which will award a weekly prize for five weeks those who received at least one of the two doses coronavirus vaccines.

For his part, Bugenske confessed to local media that he was unaware of the lottery and decided to approach the vaccination tents. to protect your friends and family. Regarding the fate of the award, the 22-year-old said that plans to donate some of the money, buy a used car and invest what is left.

The Ohio State University student also encouraged the rest of her neighbors to follow in her footsteps and inject themselves: “I encourage everyone to get vaccinated. If winning a million dollars ain’t enough, I don’t know what it would be“, he claimed.

Bugenske is not the only winner. Two of the five planned prizes have already been awarded, the second going to a 14 year old boy. Joseph costello, the young winner, received a full scholarship, which includes payment for tuition, accommodation, books and food, which you can use study at one of Ohio’s universities.

DeWine himself celebrated the delivery of the second prize on his account Twitter: “Congratulations Joseph! You just won a full scholarship! If they are between 12 and 17 years old and have received at least one of the doses of the vaccine, they could be as follows!“the official posted with a photo of the boy and his family.

The governor stressed that the lottery effectively stimulates vaccination in the state of Ohio, What increased from 15,000 vaccines administered per day to 26,000 injections daily.

The increase in vaccination has been observed mainly in rural areas Ohio, but not in the big cities. The increase in the average number of vaccinations per day may also be linked to the start of vaccination in children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 years.