Minnesota Bribes Families With $200 Visa Gift Card and $100K Scholarship Drawing to Inoculate 5-11 Year Olds Against COVID-19

The Minnesota government has resorted to bribing families with financial incentives to inoculate their 5-11-year-old children against COVID-19.

Minnesota announced the “Kids Deserve a Shot!” program to sway parents to get their young children inoculated against an illness that poses no threat to them. 

The state will give $200 Visa gift cards to families whose children get the two-dose series in January or February. 

Minnesotans 5-11 years old who receive the COVID-19 injections will also have a chance to win a $100,000 scholarship in a drawing this spring. 

It was sickening enough to watch governments around the country bribe adults to participate in this medical experiment.

But the Minnesota government has taken the wicked program to a new level by targeting young children. 

Minnesota will give a $200 Visa gift card to families whose 5-11 year olds get a first and second COVID vaccine dose in January or February.https://t.co/JESywmysa3

— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) January 11, 2022

Minnesota will give a $200 Visa gift card to families whose 5-11 year olds get a first and second COVID-19 vaccine dose in January or February, Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. https://t.co/AN5PkI9BOu

— FOX 9 (@FOX9) January 12, 2022

Families who get their child in the 5- to 11-year-old age group vaccinated for COVID-19 are eligible for a new round of $200 incentives, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. https://t.co/Sp0hDMlook

— The Center Square (@thecentersquare) January 13, 2022

As stated on mn.gov:

• Minnesota families who get their child 5-11 years old fully vaccinated in January and February can get a $200 Visa gift card.
• Parents/Guardians can register their 5- to 11-year-old once they have completed their two-dose series.

Registration opens 10:00 a.m. January 24, 2022. 
Registration closes 11:59 p.m. February 28, 2022. 
Registration link will be posted here on January 24, 2022. 

Eligibility Requirements: 

• Minnesotans must be:
  • at least 5 years old at the time of one or both shots
  • and 11 or younger at the time of their first shot.
• Minnesotans 5-11 years old must receive both their first and second doses between January 1, 2022 and February 28, 2022.
• Minnesota families are able to receive one $200 Visa gift card per each eligible 5- to-11-year-old fully vaccinated between January 1 — February 28.

The reward registration form will open at 10:00 a.m. on January 24, 2022. The registration form will stop accepting requests for $200 Visa gift cards at 11:59 p.m. on February 28. Gift card requests will be fulfilled beginning on March 1, 2022 and throughout the month of March 2022. Please allow up to six weeks after March 1, 2022 to receive your Visa card in the mail.

$100,000 Minnesota College Scholarship Drawings

(Coming later in Spring 2022)

• Later this spring, there will be drawings for five $100,000 Minnesota college scholarships for all Minnesotans 5-11 years old who are fully vaccinated.
• All Minnesotans 5-11 years old who completed their first and second doses at any point in time will be eligible to be entered for a chance to win a $100,000 college scholarship.
• More details will be announced in the coming months.

The Center Square reported:

“In light of the Omicron variant, there is a new sense of urgency in our response, and we are doing whatever we can to encourage Minnesotans to get their vaccine and keep themselves and their communities safe,” Minnesota Department of Health Information Officer Doug Schultz told The Center Square in an emailed statement Thursday. “Getting as many eligible Minnesotans vaccinated as possible is critical to helping curb the spread of COVID-19 and keep Minnesota families safe.”

Minnesota is one of the leaders in the nation in vaccinating children 5- to-11 years old, but this age group has the lowest rate of vaccination in the state, the Tuesday release said.

Schultz said only 26% of Minnesotans in the age group are fully vaccinated, which is three months after they became eligible to get the vaccine. Vaccinations among Minnesotans aged 12 to 17 increased 40% within a week of the launch of the initial “Kids Deserve a Shot” campaign, an October news release from Walz’s office said.

“We hope this will serve as an incentive for families to get vaccinated as early in the new year as possible to keep our kids safe and in school,” he said.

There is no limit to the number of families that can receive the incentive, Schultz said. All Minnesota children who receive their doses by a registration deadline will be eligible for entry into a drawing that spring that will offer five $100,000 Minnesota college scholarships. More details about the programs are available here.

Minnesota DOH Officer Dough Schultz commented that 26% of Minnesotans aged 5-11 are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

That’s 26% too high since no child needs this dangerous shot for an illness that poses statistically zero risk to them.

It’s criminal to risk an innocent child’s health with life-threatening side effects such as myocarditis or blood clots.

Any family accepting a bribe to inoculate their children with this biological agent should feel shame for the rest of their lives.