Posted on 09/09/2021 4:03:12 PM PDT by Nextrush
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging Delta variant.
Speaking at the White House, Biden sharply criticized the roughly 80 million Americans who are not yet vaccinated, despite months of availability and incentives.
"We've been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us," he said, all but biting off his words. The unvaccinated minority "can cause a lot of damage, and they are."
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. And roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated.
Biden is also signing an executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government--with no option to test out...
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What gets me is both my husband and myself have had covid this year, and per the definition would be considered naturally immune now; yet from day one natural immunity to covid has been totally dismissed. We also were told just a year ago kids were low risk. It makes me question what exactly is in this “juice” that makes it so important to the feds to mandate these injections into all age groups including toddlers?
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