More than 90% of the 3.5 million federal workers have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Monday, the deadline set by President Biden in September. https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1462790667260809226 From Axios:
The big picture: 95% of federal workers have received at least one vaccination dose or have a pending exemption or extension request.
Biden signed an executive order on Sept. 9 that required all federal workers to get vaccinated within 75 days. The order did not give workers the option to get regularly tested instead, though it did offer medical or religious exemptions.
Why it matters: The official said the administration hopes that private businesses can use the federal government’s worker vaccine mandate as an example to implement their own requirements for workers.
Earlier this month, OSHA issued a rule requiring large companies to impose COVID vaccination mandates, but that is now on hold after several states challenged the rule in court. Read more at Axios. https://twitter.com/axios/status/1462817806836281354
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