COVID-19 vaccination incentives across the US
Free food for getting vaccinated

Today (Tuesday 6 July), Chipotle Mexican Grill is offering a buy-one-get-one-free promotion as an incentive for people to get vaccinated and a reward for those who already have. From 3pm to closing, Chipotle will offer free entrees (limited to two) for every purchased entree in what the chain's chief marketing officer Chris Brandt has described as "a craveable reward for getting vaccinated". That said, proof of vaccination isn't needed to access the deal at participating restaurants, with those looking to get the deal having to say "Friends BOGO" to the cashier.
As it stands, 330 million vaccine doses have been administered across America, and 157 million people have been fully vaccinated. That's more than 51% of adult Americans according to the CDC. While Chipotle's offer only lasts a day, there are lots of other freebies and chances to win big money for those who've got their shot. Click or scroll through to see what benefits are currently available for people getting their vaccine.
Doughnuts

CVS sweepstakes

Kroger's $5 million lottery and free groceries

At the end of May, the health division of retailer Kroger launched a lottery to incentivize Americans to get vaccinated. Kroger will enter anyone who receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Kroger Health into a lottery that will have five $1 million jackpots, as well as the chance to win free groceries for a year. Dubbed the #CommunityImmunity giveaway, the draw is still open.
Vaccine card lamination

Baseball tickets in New York

Subway and train tickets

Marijuana

$125 Publix gift card

$500 for Bangor Savings Bank employees

Maine-based bank Bangor Savings has gone one further and is paying $500 to all its fully vaccinated employees. The bank has been clear that vaccination is not a pre-requisite for employment at the company, but it hopes to incentivize its workers to protect themselves and others from coronavirus.
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$100 for new Amazon workers

E-commerce giant Amazon is offering a cash incentive to its workers for being vaccinated. Amazon employees can receive $40 for each vaccine dose they get off-site. Amazon have also created their own vaccination points on-site, but workers don't receive the financial incentive if they are vaccinated there. In May and early June, the retail giant also used a $100 vaccine bonus as a means of attracting 75,000 new workers across the US. The hiring spree came ahead of Prime Day on 21 and 22 June, which is one of Amazon’s busiest periods, and any new joiners who were immunized were given the extra cash on top of their hourly rate.
$50 Drop rewards

Free state park pass in New Jersey

$100 cash for state employees

All state employees in Maryland can claim $100 once they are fully vaccinated. Perhaps unsurprisingly the state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the US, with 62.3% of the population having received one shot as of 5 July.
$100 in savings bonds

West Virginia’s vaccine rollout isn’t going quite as smoothly, with only 43.9% of residents having received one shot as of 5 July. To combat vaccine hesitancy in younger West Virginians, the state will be giving $100 savings bonds to all 16- to 35-year-olds who opt to have a shot, as Governor Jim Justice (pictured) says younger people are “not taking the vaccines as fast as we’d like them to take them”.
Minnesota's rewards

Colorado's $5 million jackpot

Following the lead of other states including Ohio and New York, Colorado revealed a jackpot to encourage people to get vaccinated. Governor Jared Polis (pictured at a vaccination drive in the state) revealed the Colorado Comeback Cash program on Tuesday 25 May, and jackpots of $1 million were given out each week between 4 June and 25 June, while a final $1 million jackpot will be revealed on 7 July. In total $5 million is up for grabs. Anyone in the state who has received a vaccine by the end of June was entered into all of the draws.
New Mexico's Vax 2 The Max

North Carolina offers Summer Cash

Illinois is All In For The Win

Washington's lottery

Washington state has also been running its own lottery through June with four cash prizes of $250,000 and a grand prize of $1 million due to be drawn on 13 July. Other prizes on offer in the Shot of a Lifetime draws include games consoles, sports tickets, and flights.
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