Only 66% of the population age 12 and over have been fully vaccinated.
Vaccination sentiment hasn’t budged in Verywell Health’s latest vaccine sentiment survey.
But workplace vaccine mandates may help in moving the needle slightly.
Ellen Linder / Verywell
We collected the latest data for the week ending on September 24.
The announcement gave federal workers and employees of federal contractors 75 days to get vaccinateduntil the end of November.
For private businesses, though,OSHA is still writing the rulesfor vaccine-or-test mandates.
Some states have already enacted vaccine mandates for hospital employees that have gone into effect.
And they’re working.
Hospitals inNew York and California enacted vaccine mandatesstarting at the beginning of October.
Still, a few workers who refuse the vaccine will need to get regularly tested or face termination.
When faced with losing their jobs, even the vaccine-hesitant are getting their shots.
The great workplace exodus in the face of mandates has mostly failed to materialize.
Forty-five percent feel they have little to no say in their employers COVID strategy.
But very few people (9%) say they are actuallywillingto leave their jobs.
These feelings are playing out in real-time.
Many are walking out to protest conditions.
The survey is fielded online every other week.
The total sample matches U.S. Census estimates for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and region.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.COVID Data Tracker.
