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"Many major cities and states, from New York City to California, have begun mandating vaccinations, or at least routine testing for government employees.
Yesterday, the Biden administration did the same for all federal workers, and the Pentagon is expected to follow suit. Major U.S. companies, including Google, Tyson Foods, Walmart, United Airlines, and Disney, have also taken similar steps."
Andy Slavitt:
We know that there's about 25 million Americans who say that, if they were asked by their employer, required by their employer, or needed to be vaccinated in order to get into major venues or gather in crowds, that they would, without objection, get vaccinated.
And what that tells us is that there's a number of people to whom getting vaccinated is neither a big positive or a big negative. It's just not a big priority. And so we need leadership from all across society, not just the government, but people who are trusted by individuals and who can lead individuals.
And corporations are the next big horizon. So, if we do our jobs and if corporations step up, we can go from about 70 percent of adult Americans vaccinated to 80 percent. And that would be — make an enormous difference and save a lot of lives. "
Delta-driven surge spurs governments, major companies to mandate vaccinations
"United Airlines is the first to require COVID vaccines for all its 67,000 U.S. employees. They remain the only major carrier to do so, but it does join a growing list of big businesses, Walmart, Google, Tyson Foods, that are requiring workers to get the shot.
United's CEO, Scott Kirby, met with President Biden yesterday to discuss the pandemic response.
" ... the reality is, the fact that you're about 300 times more likely to die if you're unvaccinated."
"I have been pleasantly surprised at the [employee] reaction. There are certainly some people that have strongly held views and oppose the vaccine requirement. And I respect their views and respect that perspective.
But there's a much larger group of the population that surprised me at how enthusiastically positive they are and appreciative that we were willing to take this step and make this decision for everyone.
And so my e-mail inbox, at least from employees, has run about 10-1 in favor."
Employee vaccine mandate is ‘about saving lives,’ United Airlines CEO Kirby says
Yesterday, the Biden administration did the same for all federal workers, and the Pentagon is expected to follow suit. Major U.S. companies, including Google, Tyson Foods, Walmart, United Airlines, and Disney, have also taken similar steps."
Andy Slavitt:
We know that there's about 25 million Americans who say that, if they were asked by their employer, required by their employer, or needed to be vaccinated in order to get into major venues or gather in crowds, that they would, without objection, get vaccinated.
And what that tells us is that there's a number of people to whom getting vaccinated is neither a big positive or a big negative. It's just not a big priority. And so we need leadership from all across society, not just the government, but people who are trusted by individuals and who can lead individuals.
And corporations are the next big horizon. So, if we do our jobs and if corporations step up, we can go from about 70 percent of adult Americans vaccinated to 80 percent. And that would be — make an enormous difference and save a lot of lives. "
Delta-driven surge spurs governments, major companies to mandate vaccinations
"United Airlines is the first to require COVID vaccines for all its 67,000 U.S. employees. They remain the only major carrier to do so, but it does join a growing list of big businesses, Walmart, Google, Tyson Foods, that are requiring workers to get the shot.
United's CEO, Scott Kirby, met with President Biden yesterday to discuss the pandemic response.
" ... the reality is, the fact that you're about 300 times more likely to die if you're unvaccinated."
"I have been pleasantly surprised at the [employee] reaction. There are certainly some people that have strongly held views and oppose the vaccine requirement. And I respect their views and respect that perspective.
But there's a much larger group of the population that surprised me at how enthusiastically positive they are and appreciative that we were willing to take this step and make this decision for everyone.
And so my e-mail inbox, at least from employees, has run about 10-1 in favor."
Employee vaccine mandate is ‘about saving lives,’ United Airlines CEO Kirby says
