As contentious debates over vaccine mandates continue with new cases on the rise among the unvaccinated, officials are starting to fine-tune the idea of a new incentive by requiring public employees to get a coronavirus test until they get their shots.
"This is saying the government, unambiguously, supports vaccination. One can try things like lotteries to entice individuals, but to me, this is a serious and thoughtful approach," he told ABC News.People walk by a sign for both a COVID-19 testing clinic and a COVID-19 vaccination location outside of a Brooklyn hospital, Jan. 27, 2021, in New York.
The testing mandate will go into effect for unvaccinated public hospital workers next week, and goes into effect on Sept. 13, the first day of schools in New York, for other public employees. A few hours later, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he would place a similar testing mandate for any state employee who can't provide proof of vaccination. The mandate affects 249,000 employees and also provides exemptions for religious or medical reasons.
Jayson Molina Majano, 17, receives a Covid-19 vaccine at Freeport High School on July 15, 2021 in Freeport, N.Y.
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