![]() ![]() Support community awareness campaigns, especially those that feature trusted messengers such as religious leaders, health care professionals, and local activists.ħ. Provide educational materials to employees on COVID-19 and the benefit of vaccines.Ħ. Offer workers paid leave to receive the vaccine and recover from its side effects.ĥ. Host vaccination clinics for the general public.Ĥ. Arrange on-site vaccination for employees.ģ. Reimburse transportation to vaccination sites or connect homebound employees with in-home vaccination services.Ģ. population’s immunity and help restore economic activity.ġ. The final section of the brief describes principles for equitable adoption of digital vaccination certification.ġ0 ways that employers can support COVID-19 vaccinationīusinesses and other organizations can take steps to increase the U.S. This issue brief discusses the measures that private entities can take to counter the slowing rate of vaccination in the United States, by improving vaccine access and incentivizing or, eventually, requiring COVID-19 vaccination. population-receive at least their first shot by July 4. 5 President Joe Biden recently announced a goal to have 70 percent of adults-who represent 54 percent of the total U.S. population, or more than 107 million people, had been fully vaccinated, and about 45 percent of the population had received at least one dose. 4 As of May 5, 32 percent of the total U.S. 3 Reaching a vaccination rate of 50 or 60 percent-as the United Kingdom and Israel have-would dramatically lower the number of coronavirus cases and allow the United States to bring transmission under control. ![]() Anthony Fauci said he believes about 70 to 85 percent of people would need to acquire immunity through vaccination or previous infection with COVID-19. While the vaccination rate required to attain “herd immunity”-population-level resistance to the virus-is unknown and depends on a variety of factors, Dr. A high rate of vaccination nationwide is crucial to controlling the pandemic’s threat to public health and ushering in a return to full economic activity. ![]()
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