The White House says these places should "adopt vaccination requirements"
Here is why your workplace can have new rules concerning vaccination in the near future.
While we approach our eighteenth month of the pandemic and covid support for the continuous impact of the highly transmissibleDelta variantMany Americans grew impatient with a vaccine hesitation. And according to a recent report ofThe New York TimesWe always have ways to go: about 30% of eligible adults have not yet received Covid shooting and many do not intend to do it soon - if ever.
Figure-30% - translates into93 million Americans WHO experts still say particularly vulnerable to become infected by COVID-19. WhileRevolutionary infections We occur among the vaccinated individuals, they tend to be particularly light. A report from disease control and prevention centers (CDC) revealed that99.99% of Americans Which are fully vaccinated have not had a breakthrough COVID infection that led to hospitalization or death.
That's why the representatives of the White House, who have long encouraged the public tovaccinateNow let's take their means a step further. They implore companies to adopt vaccine policies that support widespread vaccination.
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In aPress conference of the White House Friday, coordinator of the coronavirus intervention of the White HouseJeff Zients If you said, "If you are an American who is not yet vaccinated or if you are an employer who has not yet adopted the vaccination requirements, we have a very simple message: get out of the touch, intensify and Doing your game. Individuals, getting vaccinated, employers, adopt vaccination requirements. You have the power to protect your communities and help put an end to the pandemic. "
This comes on the heels of a new policy issued by the PresidentJoe Biden, requiring vaccination for federal workers, the armed forces, the employees of the United States Department of Veterans, choose the staff of the nursing home and staff of the Department of Health and Social Services. Although the new rules continue to regulate public sector workers' vaccinations, the ziented notes, "we see the ongoing implementation for strongerImmunization requirements Across the country."
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Every day, new business reports have chosen to publish their own Covid vaccination requirements, including Disney, Deloitte, CVS Health and almost 50 years.universities. Wednesday, Mayor of ChicagoLORI LIGHTFOOT Announced planned to issue a vaccine mandate for all employees of the city.
While the summer is close to a narrow and we enter into a second autumn of COVID, we are likely to see more regulations taking shape - that they come from the White House or employers and other institutions . For many large companies - fromDelta Airlines ToNFL- The conversations are already in progress.
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