I think there are two things at stake here. As far as I know, treatment in Poland is covered by the state, so certainly a country like Poland would have to spend much more than $ 260k on treatment of people who do not get vaccinated. The second reason is definitely politics, which is showing people how good the government is and how much it cares for its citizens.
Two years later will be the time for the election so I guess the government wants to show people how they care about their citizens to come back to the government. It is a good idea for them to attract attention from their citizen because their people can know if their government is doing the right thing for them. Yes, the country needs to allocate big money for their people, which is worth doing.
actually now what is needed is awareness from the public to carry out vaccines and sometimes negative news about vaccine side effects makes people even more afraid and even refuses vaccination and actually the government must be able to guarantee that the vaccine does not have side effects that can affect our health later, I once asked some of my friends who don't want to be vaccinated and they say that they want to wait for a vaccine that is really good and has no side effects at all and I think their reasoning is very reasonable, because in my country the government uses 7 types of vaccines and of course they have different functions so that people are a little confused about the type of vaccine to be used
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People can get aware if they get well-educate and get informs from the right sources and in this matter, they get it from their government so they do not have to afraid because their government will take care of them. Maybe the government can explain the side effect after the vaccine and what they need to do to minimize the effect on their body. If the government can explain with the right, their people will want to vaccinate, and they will not think about the lottery because that will be a side bonus for the people. I am sure that if we have a good immune before or after vaccinated, we will be okay and we will not feel any side effects because the vaccine will be blend with our immune and make a new immunity to our body.
Whether there's a lottery ticket or any sort of giveaway just to get vaccinated, as long as there's already the provision for the vaccine by the government. People must take of that advantage and moment to get the shot as soon as it's available in their category and place.
It's all about health and Poland is just doing its job to maintain its country with a clean and near virus-free environment whether there's a lottery giveaway or not. That is a must in these times but soon, if the covid infection becomes lower and near to being free and eliminated. Everyone on that country can do everything that they want with or without those goodies.
I am sure if people can take care of themselves better, sooner or later, the virus will end and we will be back to normal life like before. At least, if we are vaccinated, that can reduce the chance of getting infected, although that is not guaranteed. The lottery giveaway is only a bonus for lucky people, so maybe they do not have to think about the prizes.