Biden Asks Businesses to Mandate Vaccine After Pfizer Gets FDA Approval
We ran the numbers: There are 2200 news articles covering this topic. 39% (854) are left leaning, 40% (886) are center, and 21% (460) are right leaning.
President Joe Biden called on businesses to require employees to get vaccinated or face strict requirements. While left-leaning articles highlight that polling suggests there are a significant number of unvaccinated people who remain open to the vaccines if they are convinced of their safety, right-leaning articles highlight that Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy predicted that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine’s FDA approval will lead to more private businesses requiring employees to get their shots.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that polling suggests there are a significant number of unvaccinated people who remain open to the vaccines if they are convinced of their safety. However, many unvaccinated people were also completely unaware of the authorization status for vaccines.
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that Biden’s announcement follows Monday’s FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine. In a press conference, Biden said, “There is no time to waste.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy predicted that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine’s FDA approval will lead to more private businesses requiring employees to get their shots. Murthy also said he thinks many people who have been waiting to get vaccinated have been waiting for FDA approval.
From the left
What the FDA’s full vaccine authorization could mean for vaccine holdouts
The Washington Post
From the right
Surgeon general expects more businesses will mandate COVID-19 vaccine after FDA approval
Fox News