President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool to combat COVID-19 and save even more lives in the months ahead, while also keeping schools open and safe, and protecting our economy from lockdowns and damage.
- Requiring All Employers with 100+ Employees to Ensure their Workers are Vaccinated or Tested Weekly
- Requiring Vaccinations for all Federal Workers and for Millions of Contractors that Do Business with the Federal Government
- Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations for Over 17 Million Health Care Workers at Medicare and Medicaid Participating Hospitals and Other Health Care Settings
- Calling on Large Entertainment Venues to Require Proof of Vaccination or Testing for Entry
- Requiring Employers to Provide Paid Time Off to Get Vaccinated
- Providing Easy Access to Booster Shots for All Eligible Americans
- Ensuring Americans Know Where to Get a Booster
- Requiring Staff in Head Start Programs, Department of Defense Schools, and Bureau of Indian Education-Operated Schools to be Vaccinated
- Calling on All States to Adopt Vaccine Requirements for All School Employees
- Providing Additional Funding to School Districts for Safe School Reopening, Including Backfilling Salaries and Other Funding Withheld by States for Implementing COVID Safety Measures
- Using the Department of Education’s Full Legal Authority to Protect Students’ Access to In-Person Instruction
- Getting Students and School Staff Tested Regularly
- Providing Every Resource to the FDA to Support Timely Review of Vaccines for Individuals Under the Age of 12
- Mobilizing Industry to Expand Easy-to-Use Testing Production
- Making At-Home Tests More Affordable
- Sending Free Rapid, At-Home Tests to Food Banks and Community Health Centers
- Expanding Free, Pharmacy Testing
- Continuing to Require Masking for Interstate Travel and Double Fines
- Continue to Require Masking on Federal Property
- Increasing Support for COVID-Burdened Hospitals
- Getting Life-Saving Monoclonal Antibody Treatment to Those Who Need It
- Expanding the Pool of Health Care Professionals Providing Treatment by Deploying Federal Monoclonal Antibody Strike Teams
Aside from the support for monoclonal antibody treatment, there’s literally nothing good one can say about this plan. I’m just surprised that they didn’t go right for the flight bans, but then, they are probably under the mistaken illusion that those who are still unvaccinated won’t even hesitate to quit their jobs rather than submit to the death jabs.