{"id":17703,"date":"2021-07-27T23:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/27\/biden-to-require-all-feds-to-get-covid-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:40:17","slug":"biden-to-require-all-feds-to-get-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/07\/27\/biden-to-require-all-feds-to-get-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Biden expected to require all feds to get COVID vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This version of the story includes updated information from news reports, including the potential for regular testing for unvaccinated federal workers.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal employees would be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo regular virus testing under a mandate the White House is considering, according to news reports Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden hinted at the announcement in a speech Tuesday to federal intelligence employees, saying that an executive mandate was \u201cunder consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden will announce the requirement Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/07\/27\/biden-vaccine-mandate-federal-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/27\/politics\/vaccine-mandate-for-federal-employees-under-consideration\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a> reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COVID-19 cases caused by the more contagious Delta variant of the disease are rising. \u201cWe have a pandemic because of the unvaccinated. They are sowing enormous confusion, and the more we learn about this virus and the Delta variation, the more we have to be worried, concerned,\u201d Biden said in his Tuesday remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd the only one thing we know for sure is if those other 100 million people got vaccinated we\u2019d be in a very different world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Veterans Affairs already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/07\/26\/va-health-care-workers-will-be-required-to-get-covid-19-vaccines-to-keep-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructed medical employees<\/a> to get the vaccine or risk losing their jobs, and Biden\u2019s mandate would spread that requirement to other agencies and job classifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/newsroom\/eeoc-issues-updated-covid-19-technical-assistance\" target=\"_blank\">equal employment opportunity laws<\/a> do not prohibit employers in the public or private sectors from requiring employees to get the COVID vaccine in order to be physically present at the office. 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