«People do not want to lose pay to get vaccinated,» a senior administration official told Newsweek and other outlets Wednesday in a preview of the president’s speech.
President Joe Biden is expected to call on employers to give their workers full pay for time they need off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and time to recover from any aftereffects of vaccination. He’ll also highlight a little-known tax credit that could be used to offset the costs. «People do not want to lose pay to get vaccinated,» a senior administration official told Newsweek and other outlets Wednesday in a preview of Biden’s speech set to take place in the afternoon. «No one should have to lose a single dollar from their paycheck because they got vaccinated.» Biden is expected to announce that the United States this week will hit the milestone of administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots since he took office in January—a week ahead of his goal for hitting that number during his first 100 days.
