Biden tells federal workers: Get vaccinated or submit to testing
President Biden on Thursday is directing all federal employees and onsite contractors to show that they are vaccinated or otherwise submit to regular coronavirus testing, a major step that will likely cause private-sector businesses to follow suit.
Biden is instructing his administration to apply similar standards to all federal government contractors.
“If you want to do business with the fed government, get your workers vaccinated,” Biden said in remarks from the White House Thursday afternoon.
The shift: The White House had previously tried to avoid tipping the scales by endorsing vaccine mandates for employers and other organizations. Thursday’s announcement represents a sizable shift as the White House tries to convince more people to get vaccinated as COVID-19 cases rise due to the spread of the delta variant.
Notre Dame alum is first American to win individual gold in foil fencing
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Simone Biles Withdrawing From the Team Final Sets a Powerful Example For Gymnasts Everywhere
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Notre Dame alum is first American to win individual gold in foil fencing On: 7/26/2021, By , In: Nation
.Lee Kiefer of the United States, right, competes against Larisa Korobeynikova of the Russian Olympic Committee in the semifinal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women s individual foil competition July 25, 2021. Kiefer went on the same day to win the gold medal by defeating defending champion Inna Deriglazova 15-13 in the final. (CNS photo/Annegret Hilse, Reuters)
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TOKYO (CNS) Golden is thy fame, indeed, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana tweeted July 25 after Lee Kiefer, class of 2017, won the gold medal in women s foil fencing at the Tokyo Games.