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Free Pizza and Six Flags Tickets Add to U.S. Vaccination Lures

  • New York City teams with Shake Shack to offer freebies
  • U.S. vaccination rates have declined from peaks in April

Visitors ride on the 'Full Throttle' roller coaster at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park in Valencia, Calif. on April 1. 

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
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Six Flags amusement park tickets, Shake Shack burgers and free pizza are the latest rewards rolled out by U.S. state and city officials to spur Covid-19 vaccination rates.

Coupled with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that fully vaccinated people can shed masks indoors and outdoors, the freebies signal there’s a reward particularly for those who may be on the fence. In Ohio, it could mean winning a $1 million jackpot.