welcome back. we heard from president biden highlighting drops in cases of coronavirus and deaths and hospitalizations. i think everybody is being cautious right now about this current situation. it looks good. let s hope it continues. the president touted encouraging data from private companies. many have seen employee vaccination rates increase by 20 points as a result of vaccine requirements coming and have come in some places. there are 66 million eligible americans that have not received their first shot. infection rates are too high to say we have turned the corner. an fda advisory committee meets to consider recommending moderna booster shots. if authorized, moderna boosters could roll out for those over 65 and high risk adults with underlying conditions or front line jobs, the same groups
welcome back. let s get to the latest coronavirus facts you need to know this hour. pfizer officially asked the fda to approve its vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. they made that application official this morning. this was an expected and necessary step to get shots into kids arms. an fda advisory committee meeting is set for this month, meaning emergency use authorization could come before halloween. the white house covid response team has a message at yesterday s briefing. vaccine requirements work. so now the white house is doubling down, releasing a new report highlighting how dozens of organizations increased employee vaccination rates by at least 20 percentage points through may. united airlines went from having a 59% fully vaccinated workforce to 99% in just two months. the president will push that message on his trip to chicago today where he ll make remarks on the importance of getting vaccinated and requiring others
officials have been working carefully to ensure the proposal is ironclad. it s still unpublished, rule needs to be ironclad, because it leads two dozen republican controlled states are preparing legal challenges already. except that vaccine requirements work. in terms of actually getting employees inoculated. and united airlines, one of the first companies to institute a mandate, more than 98% of u.s. employees, are now vaccinated according to its chief executive. in, new york many schools went from employee vaccination rates in the 70 80% range, when the states mandate was announced a month and a half ago, to more than 95% around the deadline this week. hospitals in california saw similar results. with the biden proposal, said to have an impact, tens of millions of other workers, can t withstand the potential challenges, joining us now is doctor david michaels, he s a former assistant secretary of labor for the occupational
legal challenges already. except that vaccine requirements work in terms of getting employees inoculated. at united airlines one of the first companies to institute a mandate, more than 98% of u.s. employees are now vaccinated according to its chief executive. in new york, many schools went from employee vaccination rates in the 70% to 80% range when the state s mandate was announced a month and a half ago to 95% around the deadline this week. hospitals in california saw similar results. we re already seeing buy-in from businesses. but with the biden proposal set to have an impact, tens of millions of other workers can t withstand the potential challenges. joining us now is dr. david michaels, former assistant secretary of labor or osha, one of the agencies now tasked with implementing the president s vaccine rule. and in addition to his role as former osha administrator during
needs to be ironclad because at least two dozen republican controlled states are preparing legal challenges already. except that vaccine requirements work in terms of getting employees inoculated. at united airlines one of the first companies to institute a mandate, more than 98% of u.s. employees are now vaccinated according to its chief executive. in new york, many schools went from employee vaccination rates in the 70% to 80% range when the state s mandate was announced a month and a half ago to 95% around the deadline this week. hospitals in california saw similar results. we re already seeing buy-in from businesses. but with the biden proposal set to have an impact, tens of millions of other workers can t withstand the potential challenges. joinings now is dr. david michaels, former assistant secretary of labor or osha, one of the agencies now tasked with