Vaccine mandate calls fueled by COVID-19's latest spike

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The rise in cases brought on by the delta variant is spurring new calls for employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for their workers, and some major entities are starting to follow through.

There was a flurry of activity around vaccine mandates on Monday, with California and New York City announcing vaccine mandates for government employees, or else weekly testing. The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first federal agency to mandate the vaccine, focusing on its front-line health care workers.

And to start the day, more than 50 health care organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, called on employers to mandate the vaccine for all health care workers and for other employers, not just those in health care, to "follow our lead."

The push comes as cases, deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are rising again due to the more transmissible delta variant and as the vaccination rate has slowed significantly.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/vaccine-mandate-calls-fueled-by-covid-19s-latest-spike/ar-AAMBXAr

Cue Lauren Boebert screaming "Faucci ouchie."

[kelly1mm]

1. African Americans and Hispanics, in that order, have the lowest vaccination rates

of any ethnic group in the United States. Perhaps we should not mandate things that will further marginalize those groups?

[MichMan]

2. It would appear that a mandate would be very beneficial to them then

For their own health & safety