Vaccinated and reimbursed. The US state of West Virginia will offer savings vouchers worth $ 100 to young people aged 16 to 35 who decide to immunize themselves against Covid. A cash incentive, to speed up the vaccination campaign and fight skepticism, if it still exists. It was, needless to say, the Republican governor Jim Justice who decided on the measure. He explained that he thought of using funds from the Cares program in this way to support citizens in distress due to the pandemic. The measure will even be retroactive: even those young people who have already been vaccinated, in the age group in question, will receive the $ 100 savings bond. “The goal is to immunize 70 percent of the population,” said Justice. Of the 1.47 million state residents who may have access to the vaccine, only 52% have received at least one dose so far, and demand has even declined in recent days.
America now fears that, once the first vial of vaccine is injected, there will be a general stampede for the second: “Remember: if you have received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine against Covid-19, you need two doses to be protected – said President Joe Biden – Don’t skip your second dose. ” And he gave Twitter his warning. “Get vaccinated, folks,” he tweeted from the official @POTUS account. Which from Trump to him has seen a notable leap in tone and content: institutional communications and less attention to the engagement of his own community, for a much less social president than his predecessor.