Ohio will offer more vaccination incentives for younger people. Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to hold a 2 p.m. news briefing Thursday, detailing the new incentives. You can watch that news briefing in the video above. The announcement comes as COVID-19 is hitting younger people harder than at any other time during the public health crisis. These latest incentives come following the state's Vax-A-Million program, a lottery system which awarded full-ride scholarships to vaccinated young people, and $1 million to vaccinated Ohioans over 18.Ohio is seeing its highest levels ever of virus hospitalizations among those under the age of 50."The bottom line is that we're seeing our highest levels ever of hospitalizations among those under 50 years old," DeWine said. "Those who are getting very sick, being hospitalized, and dying of COVID are getting younger and younger. And it is because they are not vaccinated."On Tuesday, Ohio reported 459 new hospitalizations, the highest number since January.The number of new hospitalizations for COVID-19 of those under 50 was the highest during the entire pandemic during the week of Sept. 5, when Ohio hospitals admitted 398 patients under the age of 50.During the most recent completed reporting week (Sept. 5-11), 230 Ohioans 39 and younger were admitted to the hospital, the governor said, which is the highest number of admissions for COVID-19 in this age group during the entire pandemic, even higher than during the winter surge levels when no one was vaccinated.Around 97 percent of patients of all ages in Ohio hospitals today are unvaccinated.The governor and health officials used the newest numbers to echo their calls to the public to get vaccinated."If you are young and unvaccinated it's now probably only a question of when, not if, you get COVID-19," said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health. "When you get COVID-19 without the protection of a vaccine, there is a very real risk you'll end up in the hospital or the obituary pages. The numbers really tell it all, COVID has changed and is now making younger Ohioans who are not vaccinated very sick. Don't become a statistic when there is a simple, safe, and effective alternative. Go out today and get vaccinated."In July, 48 percent of COVID-19 deaths were among those 69 years old and younger. In August, preliminary data shows that an average of two people younger than 50 died of COVID-19 in Ohio every day, Vanderhoff said.
Ohio will offer more vaccination incentives for younger people.
Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to hold a 2 p.m. news briefing Thursday, detailing the new incentives.
You can watch that news briefing in the video above.
The announcement comes as COVID-19 is hitting younger people harder than at any other time during the public health crisis.
These latest incentives come following the state's Vax-A-Million program, a lottery system which awarded full-ride scholarships to vaccinated young people, and $1 million to vaccinated Ohioans over 18.
Ohio is seeing its highest levels ever of virus hospitalizations among those under the age of 50.
"The bottom line is that we're seeing our highest levels ever of hospitalizations among those under 50 years old," DeWine said. "Those who are getting very sick, being hospitalized, and dying of COVID are getting younger and younger. And it is because they are not vaccinated."
On Tuesday, Ohio reported 459 new hospitalizations, the highest number since January.
The number of new hospitalizations for COVID-19 of those under 50 was the highest during the entire pandemic during the week of Sept. 5, when Ohio hospitals admitted 398 patients under the age of 50.
During the most recent completed reporting week (Sept. 5-11), 230 Ohioans 39 and younger were admitted to the hospital, the governor said, which is the highest number of admissions for COVID-19 in this age group during the entire pandemic, even higher than during the winter surge levels when no one was vaccinated.
Around 97 percent of patients of all ages in Ohio hospitals today are unvaccinated.
The governor and health officials used the newest numbers to echo their calls to the public to get vaccinated.
"If you are young and unvaccinated it's now probably only a question of when, not if, you get COVID-19," said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health. "When you get COVID-19 without the protection of a vaccine, there is a very real risk you'll end up in the hospital or the obituary pages. The numbers really tell it all, COVID has changed and is now making younger Ohioans who are not vaccinated very sick. Don't become a statistic when there is a simple, safe, and effective alternative. Go out today and get vaccinated."
In July, 48 percent of COVID-19 deaths were among those 69 years old and younger. In August, preliminary data shows that an average of two people younger than 50 died of COVID-19 in Ohio every day, Vanderhoff said.
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