▲ American car dealer paying $100,000 in prize money to vaccinated people
Yesterday (30th), an American businessman paid a prize of 100,000 dollars and about 120 million Korean won to those who were vaccinated against Corona 19, local media 'R.com' reported.
According to the report, Sean Esfahani, president of SEAM Auto Group, a car dealership in Alabama, conducted a lottery among mobile and Baldwin counties for COVID-19 vaccines for 10 weeks starting in August, and winning a prize of $1,000 each to 10 people each week. paid
The total prize money of $100,000 in the 'Vaccine Lottery' was provided by Esfahani.
Esfahani's offer is the largest of its kind in southern Alabama to promote vaccination, R.com reported.
He took action after the conservative state of Alabama did little to encourage vaccination, citing public refusal to do so.
The Alabama government-level encouraging activity is all about offering a gift certificate worth $250 and 300,000 Korean won in a video contest to promote vaccination through the video platform TikTok.
In contrast to most states in the United States, such as California, which offers lottery draws or gift certificates to encourage vaccination.
According to the Alabama Department of Health, there were 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state in one day on the 29th.
According to Esfahani, over 300 people vaccinated and entered the lottery at their car dealerships over 10 weeks, and more than 2,000 people who had been vaccinated elsewhere took part in the lottery.
Esfahani, who suffered death from COVID-19 a year ago, added, "If 300 people were vaccinated in our store, it means that at least one or two people have been saved."
(Photo = SEAM Automobile Group Facebook capture, Yonhap News)