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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.
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.
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 vaccine is not required to attend school in Texas. Kolkhorst’s bill explicitly prohibits the COVID vaccine from being added to school vaccine requirements. Testimony in the State ...
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 ...
While routine vaccines are recommended for travelers entering the US, there is no official vaccine mandate currently in place for the United States, according to the US Department of State. [61] However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines were required for all entering nonimmigration travelers up until May 12, 2023. [61]
Public health agencies in Texas and across the world spent most of 2021 working overtime to distribute the COVID vaccine, the public’s best defense against the virus that has killed more than ...