Federal and state employers and private businesses are edging closer to requiring workers to be vaccinated in an effort to combat the intensifying resurgence of Covid-19, which should drive down infection rates, experts say.
found that 3 in 5 U.S. adults who responded would support vaccination requirements. But those likely to support it said they were already vaccinated and identified as Democrats, while those who were unlikely to support it were unvaccinated and Republican. However, while 49 percent of Republicans said they wouldn't support a vaccination mandate, 38 percent said they would.
"There are lots of things in life people don't have an absolute right to do. If you want to fly internationally, there's a mandated test" for Covid-19, Carroll added.
Those cases, however, would make up only a small portion of the workforce, Friedman said, and the"government can enforce requirements for the public good, safety and welfare."
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