Life may be about to get tougher for the unvaccinated -- and it's not only because of their significantly increased risk of getting COVID-19 and becoming very sick.
Requirements that government employees get vaccinated or face regular testing, social distancing andwere accompanied by a slew of major companies like Google, Facebook, Tyson Foods and Disney, which is the parent company of ABC News, now requiring the vaccine for their employees.
The Biden administration has made clear there will be no federal mandate; but its recent lean-in to vaccine requirements marks a shift in tone, going from from removing barriers to getting the vaccine to making it harder to move about"normal" life for those who choose not to get it. As the NFL season gets into gear, the league informed clubs that it would not extend the season to accommodate a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players that leads to a game cancellation, the, a stark turn from the season prior, when the league flexed the schedule to avoid missed games amid outbreaks.
Experts note there's a fine line between requirements being"part of what's going to nudge more people to get vaccinated," as Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told ABC's Start Here podcast, andA full federal mandate might make hesitant and unvaccinated Americans"dig in their heels" further, Morita said.
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