US Poised to Lift Federal, COVID Vaccine Requirements.
On May 11, the Biden administration will end most
of the COVID vaccine requirements still
in place for federal workers and contractors. .
'The Independent' reports that the lifted restrictions
come as the United States' national public
health emergency for COVID comes to an end.
The government is also reportedly beginning the process
of lifting vaccine requirements for Head Start
educators and healthcare workers at U.S. borders. .
While I believe that these vaccine mandates
had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are
now at a point where we think that it makes a
lot of sense to pull these requirements down, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.
While I believe that these vaccine mandates
had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are
now at a point where we think that it makes a
lot of sense to pull these requirements down, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.
'The Independent' reports that vaccine requirements
for large employers and military service members
had already been lifted by federal court and Congress.
According to the White House, agencies including the
National Institutes of Health and Department of Veteran
Affairs will conduct a review of their own requirements.
COVID continues to be a problem.
But our healthcare system or public health
resources are far more able to respond to
the threat that COVID poses to our country
and do so in a way that does not cause
problems with access to care for Americans, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.
COVID continues to be a problem.
But our healthcare system or public health
resources are far more able to respond to
the threat that COVID poses to our country
and do so in a way that does not cause
problems with access to care for Americans, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.
Some of these
emergency powers
are just not necessary
in the same way anymore, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, over 270 million Americans, over 81%
of the population, have received a COVID vaccine.
The goal here really is to continue
to encourage people to get vaccinated,
but I don’t think mandates are going
to be necessary for getting Americans
vaccinated against COVID in the future, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'