Vaccine mandate 'tipping point': These entities are requiring vaccines as the Delta variant spreads
As COVID-19 cases rise again across the US and the Delta variant spreads, federal agencies, states, and cities - as well as private entities - are starting to implement vaccine mandates.
Last week, the US reported an average of 50,000 COVID-19 cases a day, and on Friday, there were more than 81,000 new cases, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data analyzed by The New York Times. The average case rate is the highest it has been since early May, according to the analysis.
The rise in cases has created what CDC director Rochelle Walensky recently called a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" with unvaccinated patients accounting for the vast majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations across the US.
At the same time, the vaccination rate has lagged in the US, and as of Sunday, 69% of American adults had received at least one vaccination, according to the CDC, falling short of the Biden administration's goal of hitting 70% before July 4.
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