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The Offer
- California has launched ‘Vax for the Win’. There are multiple prizes/offers here:
- Starting on May 27, the first two million Californians to start and complete their COVID-19 vaccination will receive:
- A $50 virtual card (which can be spent online, in-store where major debit cards are accepted, or added to a mobile wallet to be used to shop in-stores that accept mobile wallets),
- Or a $50 grocery gift card from Kroger (which includes Ralphs, Food 4 Less and Foods Co.),
- Or a $50 grocery gift card from Albertsons (which includes Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions and Andronico’s Community Markets).
- $50,000 Fridays. Fifteen people will win on Friday, June 4 and another 15 will win on Friday, June 11. Need to have received at least one dose by drawing time (applies to anybody already vaccinated)
- $1,500,000 Main Prize. Ten winners will be selected on June 15 to receive $1.5 million each
- Starting on May 27, the first two million Californians to start and complete their COVID-19 vaccination will receive:
Our Verdict
Anything that encourages more people to get vaccinated is a good thing in my eyes.
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It's rather disappointing that on a forum about deals and travel, so many are unwilling to participate in an activity, for free, that protects themselves and also is the key to resume travel to its glory that lives in our collectively treasured memory. Having concerns about the relatively new vaccines is completely valid. But look it up! It doesn't take a college degree to decipher the widely available information on the science, the experimental results, and the manufacturing process. Sitting this out is akin to seeing a no-fee cc offer with a $1,000 sign-on bonus and no spending requirement and, say, meh I don't want a hard pull. Your focus on one very minor negativity is completely disproportional to the benefits.
This is essentially a $50 offer. Everything is is a lottery. Generally speaking people who play the CC bonus game don’t bother with lotteries
Get off your soapbox
Some of you have never finished high school and it really shows.
Grammar is not the only judge of someone.
I wasn't talking about grammar
"State gives people $50 of their own money for something that should be between them and a medical professional"
According to the LATimes Rich People were trying to get their shots early. Doctors were “receiving offers of “tens of thousands of dollars in cash,” in addition to “making their personal assistants pester doctors every day, and asking whether a five-figure donation to a hospital would help them jump the line.”
If people want the vaccine, they should get it. Fair enough. On a side note, does anyone remember the plot in the movie "The Island?" What was the mechanism to get people to HAPPILY meet their demise? Oh, I remember... A "lottery."
Lol Everyone who got vaccinated before May 27th just get to keep wearing masks to protect the idiots that didn't. Another great use of tax dollars
Updated May 28, 2021: New guidance for fully vaccinated people, you can resume activities without wearing a mask, physically distancing, or washing your hands. [Eww no, please wash your hands!] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/pdfs/choosingSaferAct.pdf
why are you removing some comments?? you either allow all or none. my reasonable comment was removed. i guess the truth hurts.
'you either allow all or none' says who? We have always reserved the right to remove comments. For example sexist/racist/homophobic comments have always been removed. We also remove some comments that contain inaccurate medical information as it's damaging.
none of my comments were racist or the like. and what i wrote was very accurate. if you wanna be biased go ahead but censorship isn't cool. what i wrote was very accurate which is that alot of my friends got very sick from covid shots. sorry you don't wanna hear the truth!
You're free to take your comment somewhere else? Through all their actions on this website, Doctor of Credit has shown to be fair, fact-based, and of integrity. If your comment doesn't meet their standards, I'm pretty sure it doesn't measure up to most of the readers' either.
your comments are absurd and should be nuked. i'm shocked that this page is littered with anti-vaxxers, was not expecting that at all.
Far from accurate
Your evidence is anecdotal at best. Credible data would show a significant drop in Covid cases where vaccinations are increased.
I expected my comment about real people’s concerns to be removed.
What was your comment? Was that vax does not work?
I agree with you. The fact that they have to offer millions of dollars to motivate people to do something allegedly "life saving" is undeniable proof that something is amiss.
Yes, it's undeniable proof that a large portion of the population is dumb
my senior parents took the 1st dose on 5/27 at cvs. how do they get the 50$ ?
my mom keep pushing me to get vaccine too . the answer is NO NO NO.
From their terms,
"If CDPH cannot immediately make contact via telephone with the persons selected in the drawing ... CDPH's efforts to contact persons selected in the drawing may end 96 hours after the first attempt at contacting the persons, after which time they may no longer be offered a prize"
How would they know my telephone number? How would I give it to them?
You would need to give them your phone number when you sign up for an appointment through the MyTurn's website.
If you're doing a walk-in though - not sure how that would work out. I'd assume you'd need to provide a phone number then?
They should have tied the stimulus checks to the vaccines. $50 wouldn't do it for a lot of people but you have a anti-vaxxer Trumper decide between this newfound concern about the perils of modern science on their health and a brand new TV, you'd get better results.