Walgreens gift cards. Concert ticket giveaways. Advertising on video game livestreams. TikTok videos.
The incentives multiply as President Biden scrambles to entice more Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19, particularly younger people who believe they are less at risk, as the country is expected to fall short of his vaccination goal for the July 4 holiday after surpassing earlier ones.
The urgency of the administration’s inoculation campaign is increasing as the Delta variant, a more contagious strain of the coronavirus that was first detected in India, spreads through communities with low vaccination rates.
“If you’re vaccinated, you’re safe,” the president said Thursday after visiting a mobile vaccination unit in Raleigh, N.C. “You’re still at risk of getting seriously ill or dying if you, in fact, have not been vaccinated.”
He added, “There’s no reason…
