{"id":559298,"date":"2021-06-10T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559298"},"modified":"2021-06-10T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:36:32","slug":"biden-admin-says-covid-19-vaccine-shouldnt-be-mandatory-for-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-covid-19-vaccine-shouldnt-be-mandatory-for-federal-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shouldn\u2019t Be Mandatory For Federal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-says-covid-19-vaccine-shouldnt-be-mandatory-for-federal-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.058981233244\">\n<p>The Biden administration said the coronavirus vaccine should not be mandatory for federal employees to return to in-person work, as noted by a Thursday report from The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Administration strongly encourages all Americans, including Federal employees and contractors, to be vaccinated,\u201d the General Service Administration\u2019s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/557765-biden-administration-tells-federal-agencies-they-should-not-require\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saferfederalworkforce.gov\/faq\/vaccinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official guidance<\/a>. \u201cAt present, COVID-19 vaccination should generally not be a pre-condition for employees or contractors at executive departments and agencies (agencies) to work in-person in Federal buildings, on Federal lands, and in other settings as required by their job duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, federal employees should not be required to disclose whether they have received the coronavirus vaccine, the guidance states. If an employee discloses they are unvaccinated, \u201cagencies should use that information to implement CDC-recommended mitigation measures, including masking and physical-distancing,\u201d according to the guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/05\/coronavirus-vaccine-not-mandatory-joe-biden-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in December his administration would not make the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/biden-pfizer-vaccine-aid-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus vaccine<\/a> mandatory for all Americans, but would still encourage Americans to get the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/10\/moderna-asks-fda-authorize-vaccine-adolescents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vaccine<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/06\/white-house-psaki-vaccine-passport-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: There Will Be No Federal Mandate For Vaccine Passports, White House Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7211193\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7211193\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7211193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the White House June 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden spoke on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program announcing new incentives including free beer, free childcare and free sports tickets to push Americans to get vaccinated before July 4th. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7211193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 02: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the White House June 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think it should be mandatory,\u201d Biden said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/04\/biden-wont-mandate-getting-covid-19-vaccine-wearing-masks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t demand it be mandatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I would do everything in my power \u2013 just like I don\u2019t think masks have to be made mandatory nationwide \u2013 I will do everything in my power as president of the United States to encourage people to do the right thing. And when they do it, demonstrate that it matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration said the coronavirus vaccine should not be mandatory for federal employees to return to in-person work, as noted by a Thursday report from The Hill. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279880,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shouldn\u2019t Be Mandatory For Federal Employees","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321358718-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shouldn\u2019t Be Mandatory For Federal Employees","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}