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When the Pfizer vaccine formally received FDA approval in August 2021, it was anticipated that more organizations and employers would become willing to introduce vaccine mandates. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In order to protect their employees and patrons, some businesses and entities may mandate that their on-site employees be vaccinated.
Abbott once again asserted that the COVID-19 vaccine will always be voluntary in the state of Texas, and accused the federal government of engaging in overreach to "[bully] many private entities into imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas's continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster."
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States is an ongoing mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020, [7] and mass vaccinations began four days later.
More than 14,200 Texans are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus, the highest number since the pandemic began. Texas Gov. Issues New Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates After FDA’s Pfizer ...
Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Wednesday banning any state or local mandates requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and he called on Texas legislators to vote it into ...
When Pfizer and BioNTech’s (PFE) COVID-19 vaccine on Monday became the first ever to receive full Food and Drug Administration approval, a slew of vaccine mandates followed. The uptick shows ...
The death rate in Texas was 175 for every 100,000 people, while national COVID-19 death rate was 179 per 100,000. [ 6 ] As of April 3, 2021, vaccination in Texas lagged behind the US average, with rates lower than in three of four neighboring states, having administered 12,565,129 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 43,334 doses per-100,000 ...
This caught some by surprise since Iowa was struggling (compared to other states) to distribute coronavirus vaccines in early February. [117] On February 26, Arkansas fully repealed all mandates except for a mask mandate, which the governor said would likely be repealed at the end of March. Arkansas continues to make recommendations. [118]