Bribery? NY State Giving Out 50 Full-Ride Scholarships

The FDA lately approved the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds. Now, the state of New York is attempting to entice dad and mom to get their youngsters vaccinated.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday that vaccinated youngsters might be eligible for a full scholarship to any two- or four-year New York public college.

Mother and father can enter a drawing for his or her baby to win the “Vaccinate, Educate, Graduate” scholarship over the subsequent 5 weeks. Fifty youngsters might be chosen.

“Our vital work to make the vaccine accessible and out there to all eligible youngsters and their households is underway — and we’ll creatively help and have fun those that get vaccinated,” Hochul stated.

“The ‘Vaccinate, Educate, Graduate’ program is a rare alternative for youngsters to win free tuition to a [State University of New York] or [City University of New York] school or college, and I urge dad and mom and guardians to assist their youngsters get vaccinated and enter into this once-in-a-lifetime program.”

“If one in every of your youngsters win this, you must in all probability take them to Disney World as a result of that may be an excellent factor. You’ll have more money now — you don’t must be saving for school,” Hochul added.

The coronavirus has not posed an enormous risk to youngsters.

In keeping with the American Academy of Pediatrics, youngsters have accounted for 16.7 % of all COVID-19 instances within the U.S. Between 0.1 and a couple of % of kid COVID-19 instances resulted in hospitalization, and as much as 0.03 % of kid instances resulted in loss of life.

“Most children who’re contaminated usually don’t grow to be as sick as adults and a few may not present any signs in any respect,” the Mayo Clinic reported.

Knowledge from scientific vaccine research for the age group was “restricted,” in accordance with Stat News.

“It’s not quite a bit to go on, however what we do must go on seems nice,” stated Kathleen Neuzil, director of the Heart for Vaccine Improvement and International Well being on the College of Maryland Faculty of Medication.

A big variety of dad and mom are not looking for their youngsters vaccinated.

One poll discovered that just about one-third of fogeys with youngsters below the age of 12 weren’t inquisitive about getting them vaccinated. The ballot was carried out from Oct. 14 to Oct. 22 amongst 758 dad and mom. No margin of error was offered.

Nonetheless, Hochul is arguing that there is no such thing as a purpose for teenagers to not get vaccinated.

“There’s no excuse to not get the adults vaccinated, get the children vaccinated and … put this pandemic within the rear-view mirror,” she stated.