Vaccine mandates are spreading
But fear of the Delta variant may do enough to raise vaccination rates without them
A SURGE IN covid-19 infections, along with stagnant vaccination rates, has prompted something else to spread across America: vaccine mandates. For months the country had seemed to be moving in the opposite direction. Several states, including some of those where covid-19 cases are soaring, banned vaccination requirements in the spring.
But as the Delta variant spread in late July, California and New York City required public employees to be vaccinated or else submit to regular testing. Days later New York’s mayor said that, as of August 16th, customers and workers at indoor restaurants, bars and gyms will have to present proof of vaccination. The governor of Virginia is requiring state employees to get the vaccine or be tested weekly.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline "Spreading"
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