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 "We're encouraging everyone ... from the private and public sector
to take actions to require vaccination," she said, when asked if the
White House was encouraging states to enact their own vaccine
mandates.
President Joe Biden last week introduced
https://www.reuters.com/world/
us/biden-deliver-six-step-plan-covid-19-pandemic-2021-09-09 a
federal vaccine mandate aimed at employees of big companies and all
federal workers and contractors. The mandate faces legal https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-vaccine-plan-hinges-rarely-used-rule-inviting-legal-challenges-2021-09-13,
political and enforcement
https://www.reuters.com/legal/
government/biden-vaccine-mandate-will-test-us-workplace-regulator-2021-09-13
challenges.
Biden told reporters as he returned to the White House that he had
seen "positive support for mandates, by and large," although he
conceded that there would always be a small percentage of people how
would refuse to get a shot.
Biden said he would meet with major employers on Wednesday at the
White House to discuss the mandate issue.
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 Previous vaccine mandates in
the United States have mostly been introduced by
state and local governments, and related to
public spaces and schools.
"Last week, as you know, we took big and strong
actions as part of the tools that we have ... to
boost vaccinations from the federal government,"
Jean-Pierre said.
"We certainly advocate for local leaders to do
the same," she said, calling the push to
vaccinate Americans against the spread of the
coronavirus "a wartime effort."
(Reporting by Steve Holland; additional
reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Heather
Timmons, Peter Cooney and Simon Cameron-Moore)
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