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President Biden is announcing a plan to combat the pandemic this fall that has six main components, including tightening vaccine requirements for federal workers.

President Biden is announcing a plan to combat the pandemic this fall that has six main components, including tightening vaccine requirements for federal workers.

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President Biden Announces Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates

By  Nereida Moreno
   

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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, health care staff and companies with more than 100 workers.

Reset checks in with a Washington-based reporter and an employment attorney for the details.

GUESTS: Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post health policy reporter

Douglas Brayley, employment attorney for the law firm of Ropes & Gray in Chicago

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