Fact-check: Did a person earn USD 1,00,000 by getting 1,000 COVID vaccine photographs in simply 16 days

A put up the place a person claims to have earned USD 1,00,000 in simply 16 days by taking 1,000 OVID vaccine photographs is viral on social media.

Sharing my most profitable facet hustle on Linkedin pic.twitter.com/K7Kuoqie4Q

— Jack Raines (@Jack_Raines) October 25, 2022

In a LinkedIn Post, one Jack Raines recommended that he made $100,000 by getting 1,000 Covid-19 vaccine photographs in simply 16 days with a median of 63 photographs per day. How he made cash, you ask? According to him, he took benefit of a $100 incentive that was introduced by New York’s mayor Eric Adams in February this 12 months to encourage the town’s residents to get vaccinated.

Raines stated in his put up that as New York depends upon paper-based Covid-19 vaccine certificates, no two pharmacies have been conscious if he had gotten the shot or not. Moreover, with 2,600 pharmacies within the metropolis, it was not an issue for him to get 1,000 photographs in 16 days.

Soon, the put up bought viral on numerous social media platforms.

It is noteworthy that by the point this report was revealed, the put up on Twitter had already gained nearly 2,000 Retweets and over 27,000 likes.

Twitter consumer Priya Sridhar questioned, “What about the people who needed the vaccine and could have benefited from those doses?” to which Raines stated, “You snooze, you lose.”

you snooze you lose

— Jack Raines (@Jack_Raines) October 26, 2022

Twitter consumer Isaiah Webby appeared shocked and anxious. He stated, “No way you actually got the shots. Used like a fake arm or a patch. Half a shot made me sick for 3-4 days.”

No means you really bought the photographs. Used like a pretend arm or a patch. Half a shot made me sick for 3-4 days.

— Isaiah Webby (@iwebtw) October 25, 2022

Another consumer Whorwe Whererwe was flabbergasted over the cash Raines “made” by scamming taxpayers. He stated, “You do realize the money you were paid comes out of taxpayers’ pockets, don’t you? Essentially, you scammed your fellow citizens, not the mayor.”

You do understand the cash you have been paid comes out of taxpayers pockets, don’t you? Essentially, you scammed your fellow residents, not the mayor.

— Whorwe Whererwe (@whorwe_whererwe) October 26, 2022

The LinkedIn viewers was no completely different. Negar Rajabi stated, “I don’t know which one makes me more disappointed: the insanity of the scam or the number of likes and kudos it has gotten! Also, for an investment that crosses ethical lines and may put you at risk physically, I can think of some other options with much higher ROIs.”

Source: LinkedIn/Jack Raines

Raines expressed his disappointment and stated, “I’m most disappointed that a Wharton MBA thought this was real! That’s why I went to CBS.”

Kat Galloway stated, “You should apologize to the families of 1000 people who suffered because there were not enough vaccines for them.”

Source: LinkedIn/Jack Raines

Grant Allen stated, “Bravo! You scammed the city of New York and risked your life, likely harming others who may not have access to the vaccines due to supply shortages.”

Source: LinkedIn/Jack Raines
Satirical put up mistaken for actual

However, the above put up the place Raines had claimed to have taken 1,000 vaccine photographs in simply 16 days was really satire. After his put up went viral on a number of social media platforms, Raines took the chance to precise his views concerning the cringe posts he comes throughout on the skilled social media platform LinkedIn. Notably, it has over 850 million customers and ideally, as it’s a skilled platform, individuals ought to keep away from publishing something that’s unfaithful, unreliable or unprofessional.

Another level that he raised was that individuals on platforms like Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook get clowned in the event that they put up a clickbait lie. On LinkedIn, the story is completely different. No one would name out a lie. Raines stated, “The platform is so professional, no one is going to comment and say, “Actually, Joey, this post is literally a lie. None of the stuff that you wrote about even happened” as a result of nobody needs to be seen posting detrimental or derogatory content material on an expert web site.”

Raines added that that is the explanation individuals overtly help cringe posts on LinkedIn and ‘upvote’ them.

Raines’s satire on free meals fooled many!

As an experiment, Raines had earlier determined to put up an absolute satire on LinkedIn. The thought was to make the put up ‘so cringe’ that it formulated right into a satire. He revealed a ‘side hustle’ suggesting individuals can eat free meals at accommodations. He recommended individuals ought to simply stroll into the accommodations within the morning and have breakfast buffet simply as different company. Even for lunch, if one attire nicely, in line with his satirical put up, individuals can take pleasure in free lunch and run away by writing a random room quantity and title earlier than the resort realizes what occurred.

Source: LinkedIn/Jack Raines

Obviously, he was joking. Anyway, satire is just not a cup of tea for everybody. Speaking to OpIndia, Raines stated a serious publication really approached him to do a narrative on him stealing from accommodations. “Satire isn’t understood by all, it appears,” he stated. He compiled among the greatest reactions (learn outrage) and added screenshots on Twitter.

pic.twitter.com/b8uVpIHb3N

— Jack Raines (@Jack_Raines) October 23, 2022
Raines suggested everybody to be cautious

Raines spoke to OpIndia intimately about his views on ‘sh*tposting’ on social media. He stated, ” I don’t assume we have to “stop” individuals from doing it, per se. But in case you use firm layoffs and comparable content material for social media clout, try to be revealed within the courtroom of public opinion.”

He added, “In the crying CEO example, he probably thought he would get “good leader” web karma for that. Why else would you, as a grown man, take an image of your self crying and publish it on LinkedIn?”

Speaking on the advantage of such posts, he stated, “I can assure you that the 1,000 likes on a LinkedIn post didn’t help the laid-off employees put food on the table.” Furthermore, “Like, there’s more to life than engagement farming social media. Forty-year-old dudes posting cringe stuff on Linkedin are the white-collar version of 19-year-old girls dropping thirst traps on Instagram. It gets attention, but everyone knows what you’re doing,” he added.

Advising individuals to be cautious on social media, he stated, “Don’t trust everything you read online, including this. If you read something ridiculous, it probably is. If you read something ridiculous that a lot of people enthusiastically agree with and you at outraged at it, you probably missed the point.”