Summary
As the country wrestles with the latest Delta-driven surge, certain sectors of state/federal government and some corporations are mandating that their employees get vaccinated. The NewsHour looks at what these mandates require and whether they’ll make a difference in containing COVID's spread and people's health and safety.Five Facts
- Who is Andy Slavitt?
- What actions are Slavitt and a group of bipartisan former government officials pushing for?
- Why are they targeting those who don’t have a strong ideological objection to the vaccine, but still aren’t vaccinated?
- How could a higher rate of vaccination help other people?
- Where does Slavitt point out a vaccine mandate would be very effective in increasing vaccination rates?
Focus Questions
- How might the private sector requiring vaccinations be more impactful in increasing vaccination rates to fight the Delta variant than the public sector (state/federal government) doing so?
- How does increasing vaccination rates save lives?
For More
- For another Daily News Lesson on the Delta variant, specifically in schools, check this piece out .
- For more general information on the Delta variant, check out this fact sheet from Yale Medicine.
- PBS NewsHour's From ‘carrots’ to ‘sticks’—Why vaccine mandates may work where incentives haven’t
