Biden to force vaccines on federal workforce
Jul 31, 2021 4:35:21 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Jul 31, 2021 4:35:21 GMT -5
July 30, 2021
Biden to force vaccines on federal workforce — blacks, minorities hardest hit
By Monica Showalter
Joe Biden, not the brightest bulb in the box, has unwittingly declared war on his own political base.
What else to make of his mandatory vaccine diktat for the federal workforce, which came out yesterday, demanding that 2.876 million federal workers be vaxxed for COVID, or else?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the "American tragedy" of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated.
Federal workers will be required to sign forms attesting they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else comply with new rules on mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and more. The strict new guidelines are aimed at increasing sluggish vaccination rates among the huge number of Americans who draw federal paychecks — and to set an example for private employers around the country.
"Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say, 'If I'd just got the vaccine,'" Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. "This is an American tragedy. People are dying who don't have to die."
For good measure, Biden threw in the military, too. And federal contractors.
Hear that? Get vaxxed, or Biden will make your life miserable.
The unvaccinated will have to put up with regular testing, required masking and social distancing, and they will be barred from official travel. Similar rules will be applied to federal contractors.
That's bad news for the reportedly 40% of the federal workforce that refuses to get vaccinated.
And who might these targeted people be? Well, the federal workforce and the military both include a higher proportion of minorities, particularly black people, over the civilian population.
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Biden to force vaccines on federal workforce — blacks, minorities hardest hit
By Monica Showalter
Joe Biden, not the brightest bulb in the box, has unwittingly declared war on his own political base.
What else to make of his mandatory vaccine diktat for the federal workforce, which came out yesterday, demanding that 2.876 million federal workers be vaxxed for COVID, or else?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the "American tragedy" of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated.
Federal workers will be required to sign forms attesting they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else comply with new rules on mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and more. The strict new guidelines are aimed at increasing sluggish vaccination rates among the huge number of Americans who draw federal paychecks — and to set an example for private employers around the country.
"Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say, 'If I'd just got the vaccine,'" Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. "This is an American tragedy. People are dying who don't have to die."
For good measure, Biden threw in the military, too. And federal contractors.
Hear that? Get vaxxed, or Biden will make your life miserable.
The unvaccinated will have to put up with regular testing, required masking and social distancing, and they will be barred from official travel. Similar rules will be applied to federal contractors.
That's bad news for the reportedly 40% of the federal workforce that refuses to get vaccinated.
And who might these targeted people be? Well, the federal workforce and the military both include a higher proportion of minorities, particularly black people, over the civilian population.
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