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Biden said that the Department of Labor would soon issue a rule that would require companies with 100 or more employees to institute vaccine requirements. The companies would have to have employees either attest to being vaccinated to submit to weekly testing. The White House previously announced the proposed policy, but it had yet to be drawn up as a regulation.
He cited the case of Southwest Airlines, which earlier this week pushed back against claiims that vaccine mandates contributed to flight disruptions. Biden has previously cited The Walt Disney Co. and Netflix for vaccine requirements, and has made of point of citing Fox News’ policy. Last week, however, he identified the Fox policy as requiring vaccines for all their employees. The Fox Corp.