And I expect that progress to continue now that the Department of Labor has put forward an emergency temporary standard on this issue. And across the country, healthcare facilities, universities, and other employers are seeing similar results. In my home state of Washington, 15 and 16 of our state’s workers have already complied with Governor Inslee’s vaccine requirement. Tyson Foods went from less than half of its workers vaccinated to over 96%. United Airlines has seen their vaccination rate for employees go from 57% to 99% since they announced their vaccine requirement. We are also already seeing how requirements for vaccines or testing, like President Biden has called for and which a clear majority of Americans support, can bring vaccination rates even higher.Īs of last month, vaccine requirements had increased vaccination rates by over 20%. Nearly 70% have been fully vaccinated, and inequities in vaccination numbers have been narrowing. Nearly 80% of people age 12 and older have gotten their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Right now, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are once again trending down, and the vaccination rate is continuing to go up. And while our work continues, the president’s decisive action and the hard work of experts and public health officials across the country have put us in a stronger position to end this pandemic. A few months ago, President Biden announced his plan to respond to the Delta variant, which was surging and jeopardizing our hard-won progress against COVID-19. … if you are in need of accommodations, included closed captioning, you can reach out to the committee or to the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.

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