[Epoch Times September 10, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Li Xin comprehensive report) U.S. President Biden announced at the White House on Thursday (September 9) afternoon that all federal employees will be required to be vaccinated to contain the CCP virus ( COVID-19) Delta variants have caused a surge in cases. This order involves employees of all administrative departments, federal government agency contractors, and health care workers.
This new regulation involves as many as 100 million Americans and is the most significant and toughest move the US government has made to promote vaccination so far.
In a speech on Thursday afternoon, Biden instructed the Department of Labor to require all companies with more than 100 employees to ensure that their employees are either vaccinated or tested weekly.
Biden has signed an executive order requiring all employees of the administrative department to be vaccinated, and cannot choose a virus test instead. He also signed another executive order, ordering employees of contractors who do business with the government to apply the same standards.
Biden also said that he will require 300,000 educators in the Federal Head Start program to be vaccinated, and called on state governors to require school teachers and staff to be vaccinated.
He said he will also require the 17 million health care workers receiving federal health insurance and Medicaid funds to be fully vaccinated, and expand the order to hospitals, home care facilities and dialysis centers across the country.
The new regulations announced by Biden on Thursday afternoon are part of his new “action plan” to deal with the recent surge in COVID-19 infections and stagnant vaccination in the United States.
Biden’s new order shows that the US government is strengthening its position on vaccination and further extending the government’s powers.
Biden said in a speech on Thursday, “If we work together to use these tools, we have the tools to fight the virus.”
“We have always been patient, but our patience is fading.” Biden said of Americans who still refuse to get vaccinated.
He said that Americans who have been vaccinated are increasingly “frustrated” with the 80 million people who have not yet been vaccinated. But he also admitted that the new measures will not solve the problem soon.
Biden also said: “Although the situation in the United States is much better than when I took office 7 months ago, I need to tell you another fact: we are in a difficult period, and it may last for a while.”
The Biden administration said that those who fail to comply with the new rules will bear the consequences-federal employees face dismissal and private employers face fines.
Bloomberg said that Biden’s new order may face resistance from outside groups, including unions that represent some of the 4 million employees in the executive branch. Business groups may object to employers’ mandatory requirements for vaccination and testing, although some large employers are already doing so.
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