president biden s top medical adviser, dr. fauci, says those that are vaccinated and boosted should feel reasonably comfortable though he says if cases continue rising, the government may have to be more restrictive. our fox business poll found that 49% favor, 47% oppose cities and towns requiring proof of vaccine for indoor events or private business mandates. more than 2/3s favor a mask mandate for travelers on planes, trains and buses. the white house press secretary, jen psaki on air force one on the way down to south carolina today with president biden said that the white house is going to continue to pursue what they say is a tried and true strategy and that is masking and testing and vaccines. she says she has no time line of when there s more announcements from the white house on mandates or strategies. back to you. neil: thanks, rich. with the uncertainty of this was weighing on the markets today, this might not be so far very
private business mandates could also stand under emergency powers given to osha, although court battles are likely still, in some parts of the country, enforcing mandates of any kind seems daunting, especially if schools reopen. you right there, you clown. reporter: in council bluffs, iowa, police were called to a school board meeting as the parents erupted in protest over the district s decision to mandate masks. here in new york, some restaurants and neighborhoods with low vaccination rates are struggling. i don t think anyone should be segregated as far as where they can eat. reporter: as they start to enforce the city s vaccine mandate for indoor dining. do you think it should be the job of small business owners to police vaccine mandates i don t think should it be the job of the business owner, but there is no other way, i think. reporter: as the vaccine mandate debate rages, new covid cases are dropping slightly nationwide, but reaching unprecedented levels in the nor
federal government requiring all federal workers to get vaccinated. without without a you know, a test-out option. and i think he should have made the same requirement for companies with more than 100 people. but i don t think the president went far enough. i was hoping that he would ban travel by unvaccinated people beginning in november. i also thought the president should have embraced a digital, difficult-to-counterfeit verification system since we are putting so much stake now in in business mandates, corporate mandates for vaccinations. let s have a a secure way for folks to show that they ve been vaccinated. so, look. i i like the speech. i like the speech very much. i particularly like the fact that the tone was different and and essentially, the president said enough is enough. you know, my colleagues around the country who have been trying to put this fire out for the last 18 months have, long ago,
president and a republican congress decide no more obama care, they probably will be on the hook for the 1 million who have already signed up. they won t be for those in the future. but they ll have to take care of those who expected it and were entitled to it when they signed it up. it s far cheaper to stop it before it starts. what about parts of it? judge? you ve already delayed. what about the various parts. the mandate for a year, pushed back for a year. the business mandates pushed back for a year. can they go after those? you can t defund obama care or get rid of it, can you go after the parts mandating people to buy insurance? yes, if they delay that until there is a republican president, they can eradicate the individual mandate. but if they start the individual mandate and reimburse people for, it will be very difficult to stop. which is why they re trying so hard now to get that individual mandate pushed back. some are saying, wait a minute, how can you push the busine