Covid-19: Faced with the Rise of the Delta Variant, Joe Biden Extends Mandatory Vaccination
President Joe Biden once again urged Americans to get vaccinated in the face of the Delta variant upsurge on September 9, 2021. REUTERS - KEVIN LAMARQUE
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Faced with the rise of the Delta variant and the pandemic which is returning to the unvaccinated, the US President announced, Thursday, September 9, new incentive measures, but also imperative.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
This time, Joe Biden wants to give himself the means to raise a vaccination rate that is capping in the United States: vaccination obligation for caregivers, for civil servants and federal government contractors, and for the first time, obligation for companies with more than 100 employees to verify that their employees are doubly vaccinated or test negative at least once a week.
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The biggest companies are already asking for it, United Airlines, Disney and even Fox New,
" the US president said Thursday, September 9.
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In total, vaccine obligations will affect about 100 million Americans, or two-thirds of workers,
" Joe Biden said in a speech.
A new "
strategy
" which targets the 80 million Americans still unvaccinated, or 25% of the population.
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Your refusal has a cost for all of us
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If Joe Biden takes as an example the conservative chain which does not spare him, it is because he also wants to address those who have not yet been vaccinated.
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What more are you waiting for
?"
What more are you waiting for
?
We have made vaccination free, safe and convenient.
The vaccine has had full approval from health authorities.
Over 200 million Americans have had at least one dose.
We have been patient, but our patience is running out.
Your refusal comes at a cost to all of us.
So please do what is right,
”he urged.
And Joe Biden to support his point by announcing that the fines for not wearing a mask in transport will double, before concluding with a simple message: get vaccinated.
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To read also: American airlines tighten the screw against vaccine refractory
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