'That's under consideration right now,' he said, 'but if you're not vaccinated you're not nearly as smart as I thought you were.' He denied that changing official advice was causing confusion and instead said it was the unvaccinated who were to blame for rising levels of infectionīiden was asked about mandatory vaccinations for federal employees during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. However, she warned they may offer a false sense of security if, as new evidence appears to show, asymptomatic, vaccinated people can transmit the Delta variant.
And that may very well be a path forward.' 'I think some communities are doing that,' she said. Rochelle Walensky did not rule out the idea. In an interview with CNN, CDC Director Dr. 'Predicting what is going to come next, even a month from now, is very hard,' he said.Īnother possible option might be 'heath passes,' which are being used in some parts of Europe to offer proof of vaccination and allow people to gather. Redlener said the 'retrograde' steps reflected how scientists were reacting to new data that showed the danger of the Delta variant. The moves illustrate how far the nation is from the 'summer of freedom' that Biden promised just last month. She was speaking a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks indoors in regions where infections were on the rise. which means confirming vaccination status or abiding by stringent COVID-19 protocols, like mandator mask as wearing masks even in communities not with high or substantial spread, and regular testing.' 'While no decision has been finalized I will say that the attestation of vaccination for federal employees is one option under strong consideration. 'Our goal as a federal employer is to keep our employee safe and to also save lives - that is the number one goal that we have here,' she told reporters aboard Air Force One as the president traveled to Pennsylvania. White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre said vaccination requirements could vary from department to department withing the government.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has already announced it will require frontline health care workers to be vaccinated over the course of the next two months.
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'I think we are seeing these trial balloons going up from the White House that this is coming,' he said. Officials insist a final decision has not yet been taken but Dr Irwin Redlener, Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, said the signs were clear. On Tuesday, Biden said mandatory vaccination was 'under consideration' for all federal workers. Meanwhile the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 'health passes,' such as those used in Europe may have a role in helping people gather safely. He is due to deliver a speech setting out the administration's next steps in increasing vaccination rates around the country as officials battle the rapidly spreading Delta variant. President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against Covid-19, or undergo regular testing, as he steps up measures to tackle the pandemic.
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