President Biden's Covid vaccination push has moved beyond the incentive-based strategy that drove early vaccination efforts, adopting a more demanding approach — and officials say there's more to come.
Officials are also leaning on school districts to require teacher vaccinations, a proposal Biden’s chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci and NIH director Francis Collins called for on Tuesday inon MSNBC. That same day, Biden said he would use his full authority as head of the federal government to do what he could.
The harder-line strategy may be paying off. The average number of new doses administered has more than doubled since hitting its low point on July 7, when the White House was brushing aside the suggestion of vaccine mandates. Biden, who has prided himself on his bipartisan style, has attacked Republican governors, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who have sought to prohibit schools and local governments from requiring masks. “If you aren’t going to help, at least get out of the way of the people who are trying to do the right thing,” he said last week.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he would be watching closely as to whether a ban on mask requirements appears to be preventing students from attending and accessing their right to public education as schools open in the coming days.
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