Biden defends COVID-19 vaccination mandate for businesses
President Biden on Thursday defended his administration's coronavirus vaccination mandate for businesses, arguing it will not lead to worker shortages amid pushback from Republicans over the impact it could have on the economy.
The Labor Department released the sweeping vaccine-or-test mandate, which applies to businesses with at least 100 employees, on Thursday and set a Jan. 4 deadline for companies to comply.
“As we’ve seen with businesses – large and small – across all sectors of our economy, the overwhelming majority of Americans choose to get vaccinated,” Biden said in a statement. “There have been no ‘mass firings’ and worker shortages because of vaccination requirements. Despite what some predicted and falsely assert, vaccination requirements have broad public support.”
The president also argued that vaccine requirements are nothing new, noting they exist for other diseases, and that safety requirements are also not new. He said that he “would have much preferred that requirements not become necessary” but that the requirements are because “too many people” are unvaccinated.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/580047-biden-defends-vaccination-mandate-for-businesses-argues-it-wont-lead
