Mr Biden announced last month that All federal employees and contractors on site Must be vaccinated against coronavirus, or submitted for routine testing and other measures. The requirement applies to 766,372 civilians working for the Department of Defense, but not active-duty service members.
Mr Austin has previously said he would not be comfortable implementing a mandate before the vaccines are fully approved by the FDA. Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that there was a The Undercurrent of Vaccine Resistance in the armed forces.
Understand the mandate of vaccines and masks in the US
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- Vaccine Rules. Food and Drug Administration on August 23 Pfizer-BioNtech’s corona virus vaccine gets full approval Paves the way for increased mandates for people aged 16 and above in both the public and private sectors. private companies have been increasingly mandatory vaccines for employees. such mandate legally permitted and has been upheld in court challenges.
- mask rule. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July recommended All Americans, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in indoor public places within areas experiencing outbreaks, a reversal of guidance given in May. See where CDC guidance will apply, and where States have established their own mask policies. Mask fighting has become controversial in some states, with some Local leaders defying state restrictions.
- colleges and universities. More than 400 colleges and universities require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Almost all are in states that voted for President Biden.
- schools. Both california And New York City Vaccine mandate has been introduced for education workers. A survey released in August found that many American parents of school-age children were opposed to compulsory vaccines for students, but were More support of the mask mandate for students, teachers and staff members who don’t have their shots.
- Hospitals and Medical Centers. Many hospitals and major health systems require staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, The delta variant cites rising caseloads and stubbornly low vaccination rates in their communities, even within their workforce.
- New York City. Proof of vaccination required for workers and customers indoor dining, gym, performance and other indoor conditions, although enforcement doesn’t begin until September 13. Teachers and other education workers Without the option of weekly testing, the city’s sprawling school system would require at least one vaccine dose by September 27. city hospital staff Vaccinations should also be done or subjected to weekly testing. Similar rules apply for New York state employees.
- at the federal level. Pentagon announces it wants to make coronavirus vaccination mandatory for the country 1.3 million active-duty soldiers “Not later” in mid-September. President Biden announced that All Civilian Federal Employees It would have been can be vaccinated against coronavirus Or enforce routine testing, social distancing, mask requirements and restrictions on most travel.
of defense department Website The US said that as of August 18, more than one million service members, along with more than 300,000 civilian employees, had been vaccinated.
New York City announced Monday that every employee of the city’s Department of Education, from principal to janitor, will work. Must receive at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine until 27 September. Hours later, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy announced that all government employees in his state and employees of government, private, and parochial schools should be fully vaccinated or tested once or twice a week by October 18. for the virus. and Chevron became the first major US oil producer to require To vaccinate field workers.
East FDA DeclarationThe three coronavirus vaccines available in the United States, made by Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, were all being administered under an emergency use authorization in the United States. (The Pfizer vaccine is available on that basis for youth ages 12 to 15 and for additional doses for some immunocompromised people.)
The FDA’s approval action on Monday could strengthen the legal status of some mandates and pave the way for some organizations to enforce stricter requirements and no longer give employees the option of repeated testing as an alternative to vaccinations. Is. Is.
Officials also hope that full federal approval will eliminate some of the online vaccine misinformation and prompt more hesitation to vaccinate. a Recent Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that three out of every 10 people said they would be more likely to get a shot once the vaccination was fully approved.
Dr. Ashish K Jha, Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, wrote on twitter On Monday he thought full acceptance of the vaccine would make a difference, “by giving most businesses, schools and yes, our military the confidence to make vaccines mandatory. And it’s already starting to happen.”