Biden's six-step Covid plan, explained

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Fri, 2021-09-10 10:28 — mike kraft

Analysis: Biden's six-step Covid plan, explained The US Covid situation is as dire as ever, with 1,500 people dying each day -- an average of 150,000 new cases each day. Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN CNN

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President Biden's plan(read a full summary here) includes these points:

1. Vaccinating the unvaccinated with mandates for workers, public and private. ...

19% of US employees said their employer will require Covid-19 vaccination to return to the workplace, according to Gallup survey in August. That's roughly doubled from 9% in July. It also finds that an additional 55% of employers are now encouraging, though not requiring, workers to get vaccinated.

Even in workplaces without a mandate, only a minority of employees are unvaccinated -- less than a third in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. But a majority of those said they would rather quit than get the shot. ...

2. Further protecting the vaccinated through booster shots. ... A key advisory board meets September 17 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would still have to set guidelines for who should get them. ...

3. Keeping schools open. Schools are the angriest flashpoint as people fight over mask requirements. Biden promised to make up the salary of any teacher or administrator whose pay was withheld by a state opposing mask requirements...

4. Increasing testing....

5. Economic recovery. ...

6. Improving care for those with Covid-19. ...