even months since the United States’ vaccine rollout got underway, only half of Americans are fully vaccinated, according to the. Even when you factor in all the Americans who have natural immunity after recovering from the illness, the country still has a long way to go before reaching population immunity and putting a fork in the Covid-19 pandemic, say public health experts.
A new Harris Poll reveals that Americans are paying closer attention to the delta variant and beginning to. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they are checking Covid case numbers or infection rates for their destinations before they go. And if they had a vacation planned to an area of the country that was experiencing a Covid surge, a majority of Americans now say they would either postpone the trip until it felt safe or cancel entirely .
“I think some of these vaccine mandates are really going to cause a lot of upticks” in the country’s overall vaccination rate, says Dr. Jha. Then, last Friday, Frontier Airlines announced that all direct employees must be fully vaccinated by October 1. Employees that choose not to or are unable to get vaccinated will be asked to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test “on a regular basis.”
Alaska Airlines signaled yesterday that it, too, may issue a vaccine mandate — but only after the Food & Drug Administration fully authorizes the shots. The three vaccines in the United States — made by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — have been authorized on an emergency basis but have yet to be fully approved.
horrible
major overreach by the public sector!!!!