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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on Oct. 5. Ed Reed/Mayoral
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Federal COVID advisor
congratulates de Blasio
on vaccine mandates
By Morgan C. Mullings
Mayor Bill de Blasio wanted to set
an example for the rest
of the country, and President
Biden’s team says
he has. Jeffrey Zeints, the
White House Coronavirus
Response Coordinator,
is in constant contact
with the president of
the United States about
COVID protocol, and he
joined the mayor at his
press conference Oct. 5 to
applaud New York City’s
response to the pandemic.
“I think you and your
team have built one of
the best performing vaccination
programs in the
Jeff Zients, White
House Coronavirus Response
Coordinator.
Associated Press/Charles Dharapak/
country from focusing
on equity from the very
beginning,” Zeints told the mayor.
He said that de Blasio has worked
creatively to get the city vaccinated,
likely referring to the incentives and
mandates that began in July of this
year. At Monday’s press briefing, the
mayor revealed just how successful his
team’s creative ideas were: vaccinations
among education workers shot up nearly
overnight once they were confronted
with the choice of getting the shot or
losing their jobs. Over the last two
months, the city reported $1.7 million
doses given out. That’s a 45% increase
in the daily rate of vaccination.
“I think our main job is to provide
leaders like yourself, Mr. Mayor, with the
resources to do this, including from the
American rescue plan, so
that you can get help get
your communities vaccinated
together as a country,”
Zeints said.
President Biden’s vaccine
mandates coincide
with what the mayor
is trying to do now. All
federal workers and federal
contractors, anyone
doing business with the
federal government must
be fully vaccinated. It is
the same for the military
and many health care
facilities as well.
“In total, the President’s
vaccination
requirements cover about
100 million Americans.
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That’s two thirds of all workers in
America,” said Zeints.
He and the mayor encouraged companies
in the private sector to require
vaccinations as well, following the lead
of companies like United Airlines.
Zeints closed by saying that vaccine
mandates work, and that they increase
vaccination rates to 90% or greater.
So far, all city workers and all Department
of Education workers in New York
City are required to get the vaccine.
When asked what agency is next, Mayor
de Blasio answered, “We’re looking at
that right now in the coming day, but
don’t have a specific deadline.”
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