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Read the full report on vaccination requirements here: http://whitehouse.gov/VaccinationRequirementsReport …

The Business Roundtable—which represents more than 200 businesses that employ a total of 20 million workers— as well as some of the largest labor unions in the country, including the @NEAToday and @AFTunion, all support the President’s plan to increase vaccinations.

Thanks to these benefits, vaccination requirements are becoming the standard – and have broad public support. More than 3,500 organizations have already stepped up to require vaccinations, and thousands more will require vaccinations in the weeks ahead.

Higher vaccination rates lead to lower COVID-19 rates and a stronger economy. Small business employee hours grew faster and stayed higher during the rise of the Delta variant in the states that have higher working-age vaccination rates.

Increasing vaccination rates are good for the economy. Goldman Sachs found that “an increase in vaccination and almost full vaccination at workplaces should encourage many of the 5 million workers that have left the labor force since the start of the pandemic to return.”

In late July, when the President announced the first vaccination requirement for the federal government, 95 million eligible Americans were unvaccinated. Today, thanks in part to vaccination requirements, that number has been reduced to 67 million.

Vaccination requirements have already helped cut the rate of unvaccinated Americans by one-third.

It is clear that vaccination requirements result in more people vaccinated and save lives. Vaccination requirements have increased vaccination rates by 20+ percentage points to over 90% in many organizations.

In the fight against COVID-19, the strain on our hospital systems, our economy, and the risk to our children is too great not to use every tool available. A new White House report explores how vaccination requirements save lives and are good for the economy. THREAD:

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President Biden's investment in at-home rapid testing will help Americans slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep their friends, family, and communities safe.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1445814893488267265 …

From President Biden: “A meteor is headed to crash into our economy. We should all want to stop it and stop it immediately. This shouldn’t be partisan.”

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase: “Actual default would be unprecedented. The things that we know it would do are very bad – and it could potentially be far worse.”

President and CEO of Nasdaq, Adena Friedman: “When we look at these delays, and certainly a default, would mean that hardworking Americans would ultimately bear the burden.”

Citi CEO Jane Fraser: “I can tell you that from an economic perspective, we need to resolve this issue very quickly. Every day of delay right now comes at an increasing price… it will hurt consumers. It will hurt small businesses.”