{"id":38858,"date":"2021-08-17T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T00:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38858"},"modified":"2021-08-17T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T00:52:03","slug":"biden-walks-fine-line-on-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38858","title":{"rendered":"Biden walks fine line on vaccine mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is walking a fine line on vaccine requirements, as it encourages employers to mandate shots for their workers but stops short of promoting other measures.<\/p>\n<p>The White House, in an effort to boost a vaccination rate that has slowed from its April peak, has praised businesses that are mandating vaccinations for employees. Those steps in the private sector largely followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qnmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwfnsvf_xbddrrhvhtdbvcvhsbjj.html?a=&amp;b=41529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qnmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwfnsvf_xbddrrhvhtdbvcvhsbjj.html?a%3D%26b%3D41529&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629325454337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2kLbURnSRxMKGlkEjVcTMfx_lxQ\">President Biden<\/a>\u2019s requirement last month that federal workers get vaccinated or submit to regular testing.<\/p>\n<p>But there are several far-reaching measures Biden could impose \u2014 and that some experts are calling for. So far, the president has decided against implementing the kind of requirements implemented by U.S. allies.<\/p>\n<p>Among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requiring vaccines for air travelers, as Canada announced on Friday<\/li>\n<li>Giving a full-throated call for more cities to follow New York and San Francisco\u2019s lead in requiring proof of vaccination for activities like indoor dining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s leaving a lot of effective tools on the table,\u201d Lawrence Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University, said of Biden, while giving him \u201chigh marks\u201d for his actions on vaccines for federal workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is walking a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38859,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858\/revisions\/38859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}