San Francisco, Contra Costa and Santa Clara county health officials are strongly recommending that employers require their workers to get vaccinated.
As COVID-19 case rates mount, Bay Area health officials are now asking private employers to take a larger role in countering the spread of the Delta variant by recommending that they begin requiring employees to be vaccinated.
Health officials in Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties at a Thursday briefing implored workplaces to get more involved. Public officials have not made such explicit recommendations before, but said the current outbreak requires aggressive action to boost vaccination rates. “Unvaccinated workers pose a risk not only to themselves but also to their co-workers and the members of the public they interact with,” said Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Chris Farnitano. “Employers have an obligation to provide safe workplaces for their employees, and employees are also interested in ... working in a place that is safe and is not putting their health at risk.”
Vaccines have been available for over seven months, but the rate of vaccinations has stalled, just as the transmissible Delta variant has become the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the country. The nearly 62% of Californians who are vaccinated is not enough, officials say.Other Bay Area government entities are tightening their COVID-19 requirements, too — Santa Clara County officials said they intended to soon require vaccines among county employees.
“The increasing case numbers are a harsh reminder that we are not done with COVID and COVID is not done with us,” San Mateo County Manager Mike Callagy said in a statement. “Let’s all continue to do our part by getting vaccinated and taking common-sense precautions so we can keep all of us safe.”
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