Vaccine mandates are spreading
But fear of the Delta variant may do enough to raise vaccination rates without them
A SURGE IN covid-19 infections, along with stagnant vaccination rates, has prompted something else to spread across America: vaccine mandates. For months the country had seemed to be moving in the opposite direction. Several states, including some of those where covid-19 cases are soaring, banned vaccination requirements in the spring.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Spreading”
United States August 14th 2021
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