Billionaire Ken Langone says his businesses will mandate employees be vaccinated against Covid once the shots receive full approval from the FDA. “You have an obligation to your fellow man to protect him as well as yourself.”
told CNBC on Wednesday that all of his businesses will mandate employees be vaccinated against Covid once the shots receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
"You get the FDA to say it's final, it's approved, and I can guarantee you all the places I'm involved in, if you don't get vaccinated you will get fired," Langone said onLangone, who serves as chairman of the board of trustees of NYU Langone Medical Center, said there will always be a "risk of litigation" with mandating vaccines in the emergency phase. He's also founder of investment bank Invemed Associates and co-founder of.
Two of the three Covid vaccines currently being given in the U.S. were cleared for emergency use by the FDA in late December.
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