I still think I got the better deal getting my vaccine early… odds of it keeping me healthy and not spreading far outweigh the odds of getting a jackpot like that.
Better odds of death by Covid than winning the lottery jackpot. If people were rational actors, doing this offer would be unnecessary and ridiculous…but here we are.
It is “rational" to expect that most people will respond in ways that research has shown is typical of them even if you and I think another response is best. The inoculation incentive is consistent with research done in the field of Behavioral Economics (https://is.gd/bOecWG). The results indicate people are responding as we would expect.
gigagrouch almost 3 years ago
Isn’t Ohio doing something similar with a lottery tickets-for-shots scheme?
brwydave Premium Member almost 3 years ago
What are the odds? Cheaper than buying a ticket.
chromosome Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I still think I got the better deal getting my vaccine early… odds of it keeping me healthy and not spreading far outweigh the odds of getting a jackpot like that.
ferddo almost 3 years ago
Sad how some people have to be bribed into doing something for their own or the public’s good…
StackableContainers almost 3 years ago
Better odds of death by Covid than winning the lottery jackpot. If people were rational actors, doing this offer would be unnecessary and ridiculous…but here we are.
StevenHCarter almost 3 years ago
It is “rational" to expect that most people will respond in ways that research has shown is typical of them even if you and I think another response is best. The inoculation incentive is consistent with research done in the field of Behavioral Economics (https://is.gd/bOecWG). The results indicate people are responding as we would expect.
pamela welch Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Matt, as usual, the ’toon is spot on ♥ However, the tweet re: the dead mouse takes the cake for today – LMAO
359mxn almost 3 years ago
Cuomo is and ass but you don’t have to make up connections to make that connection.