US Poised to Lift Federal, COVID Vaccine Requirements.<br />On May 11, the Biden administration will end most <br />of the COVID vaccine requirements still <br />in place for federal workers and contractors. .<br />'The Independent' reports that the lifted restrictions <br />come as the United States' national public <br />health emergency for COVID comes to an end.<br />The government is also reportedly beginning the process <br />of lifting vaccine requirements for Head Start <br />educators and healthcare workers at U.S. borders. .<br />While I believe that these vaccine mandates <br />had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are <br />now at a point where we think that it makes a <br />lot of sense to pull these requirements down, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.<br />While I believe that these vaccine mandates <br />had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are <br />now at a point where we think that it makes a <br />lot of sense to pull these requirements down, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.<br />'The Independent' reports that vaccine requirements <br />for large employers and military service members <br />had already been lifted by federal court and Congress.<br />According to the White House, agencies including the <br />National Institutes of Health and Department of Veteran <br />Affairs will conduct a review of their own requirements.<br />COVID continues to be a problem. <br />But our healthcare system or public health <br />resources are far more able to respond to <br />the threat that COVID poses to our country <br />and do so in a way that does not cause <br />problems with access to care for Americans, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.<br />COVID continues to be a problem. <br />But our healthcare system or public health <br />resources are far more able to respond to <br />the threat that COVID poses to our country <br />and do so in a way that does not cause <br />problems with access to care for Americans, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.<br />Some of these <br />emergency powers <br />are just not necessary <br />in the same way anymore, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'.<br />According to the Centers for Disease Control and <br />Prevention, over 270 million Americans, over 81% <br />of the population, have received a COVID vaccine.<br />The goal here really is to continue <br />to encourage people to get vaccinated, <br />but I don’t think mandates are going <br />to be necessary for getting Americans <br />vaccinated against COVID in the future, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, via 'The Independent'
