(The Center Square) â After the federal government made the controversial decision to require that its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine, multiple private companies are now following suit.
Multiple major U.S. companies announced Tuesday they would require vaccinations for their employees, a decision that has sparked controversy and likely legal challenges.
Tyson Chicken and Microsoft are two of the largest and most recent companies to make the announcement, saying their U.S. employees must be vaccinated.
âAs people have heard, new variants of COVID-19 are more contagious, more deadly and responsible for most cases in America today,â Tyson said in its announcement. âIn some communities, doctors and hospitals are once again overwhelmed, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting nearly all hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are among those who are unvaccinated. It is abundantly clear that getting vaccinated is the singl