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Governor Hochul plans to expand vaccine mandates to include employees working with Mental Health and Office for People with Developmental Disabilities clients.

One dose. that's about 15 million more shots. and there's more than one type of mandate. some are specific to certain jobs. those mandates are also working like mandates for health care workers. in some of the big states, driving a huge uptick in recent vaccinations. many are choosing to go ahead and get their shots now rather than do constant weekly testing or face the risk of losing their jobs if they don't have a valid exception. meanwhile in new york state, the vaccine mandate specifically for health care workers has seen a 10% spike in vaccination already. out west, about a 19-point jump ...

About the holiday season. >> i will be spending christmas with my family. i encourage people, particularly the vaccinated people who are protected, to have a good, normal christmas with your family, but just the way all of the other disinformation goes around, you say something, talking about a landmark of a time and it gets misinterpreted that i'm saying you can't spend family christmastime, which is nonsense. you can. >> reporter: today vaccine mandates went into effect for new york city's public school employees. mayor bill de blasio says 96% of teachers have received at least one dose of t...

Nonsense. you can. >> reporter: the cdc issued guidelines saying in part the safest way to celebrate is virtually with people who live with you or outside and at least six feet apart from others. the cdc continuing to recommend unvaccinated people delay travel until they are fully vaccinated. to date about two-thirds after d -- two-thirds of adults are vaccinated. today public city school employees, the mayor said 96% of teachers have received one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. in connecticut, state employees have until the end of today to prove vaccination or agree to submit to weekly testing....

Of ventilated people and we still have a very large number of patients, especially young patients who didn't get the booster were not vaccinated so the strain on the system is quite high but on the other hand we didn't get into lockdown, we open schools with a system of weekly testing and hopefully we will find direction. covid it's notjust about the cases, it is about mental health. and all the other things.— it is about mental health. and all the other things._ if i l the other things. thank you. if i can 'ust the other things. thank you. if i can just say _ the other things. thank you. if...